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Singaporean sprinter
Veronica Shanti Pereira is a Singaporean track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 x 100 m, and 4 x 400 m. She holds the 100 m national record (11.20s), 200 m national record (22.57s), 400 m national record (53.67s), 4 x 100m national record (44.96), 200 m SEA Games record (22.69s), and the 200 m Asian Athletics Championships games record (22.70s). She was ranked 1st in Asia in 2023 for both the 100 m and 200 m based on World Athletics' records.
More on Wikipedia ↗Chinese sprinter
Chen Yujie is a Chinese sprinter. She is the Asian youth record holder in the 100 metres and became senior Chinese national champion over that distance in 2024 as well as winning the gold medal at the 2024 Asian U20 Athletics Championships and the 2025 National Games of China.
More on Wikipedia ↗Pereira is the first woman to win the event twice at the quadrennial event.