Paris Olympics: Shanti Pereira clocks 11.63sec in 100m heats, does not advance to semi-finals
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PARIS – Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira kicked off her Paris Olympics campaign with the women’s 100m heats at the Stade de France on Aug 2, clocking 11.63sec to miss out on the semi-finals. Running in Lane 8 of the seventh heat at the 80,000-capaciParis Olympics: Shanti Pereira clocks 11.63sec in 100m heats, does not advance to semi-finals
PARIS – Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira kicked off her Paris Olympics campaign with the women’s 100m heats at the Stade de France on Aug 2, clocking 11.63sec to miss out on the semi-finals. Running in Lane 8 of the seventh heat at the 80,000-capacity stadium in the afternoon heat, Asian champion Pereira, who qualified based on her world ranking, finished seventh out of nine runners on the purple track. The 27-year-old eventually placed 55th out of 72 runners, and cried at the media mixed zone when asked about how her recent leg injury had halted her momentum. On her performance, she said: “Not great. We came into this 100m particularly to really prep for the 200m. Wish it was a better time. It is what it is.” The top three from each of the eight heats and the next three fastest qualifiers progress to the three semi-finals on Aug 3. Gambia’s Gina Bass Bittaye (11.01), Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji (11.05) and Belgian Delphine Nkansa (11.20) were the top three in Pereira’s heat. Read more