'This is real, right?' Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira clinches second SEA Games gold after 7 years
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HANOI - Clutching the Singapore flag to her chest and wiping tears from her eyes, Shanti Pereira asked with quivering lips: “Real, right? This is real? Oh my God.” The Republic’s sprint queen had just moments earlier on Saturday (May 14) pulled off a'This is real, right?' Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira clinches second SEA Games gold after 7 years
HANOI - Clutching the Singapore flag to her chest and wiping tears from her eyes, Shanti Pereira asked with quivering lips: “Real, right? This is real? Oh my God.” The Republic’s sprint queen had just moments earlier on Saturday (May 14) pulled off an incredible win in the women’s 200m final at the My Dinh Stadium to capture her second SEA Games title seven years after her first. Those seven years have been strewn with moments of self-doubt and scepticism and Pereira, 25, channelled them all into an inspired 23.52-second effort to cross the line ahead of the Philippines’ Kyla Ashley Richardson (23.56sec) and twin Kayla Anise Richardson (23.87sec) and capture gold again after two consecutive bronze medals at the biennial Games. Pereira’s time also meant she rewrote her national record of 23.60sec, which she had set during that 2015 SEA Games win in Singapore and had toiled unsuccessfully to lower until Saturday. Upon seeing her record-setting time on the clock at the finish line – which also confirmed her gold medal – Pereira was floored and began bawling her eyes out on the track. Read more