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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.
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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
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Asian Games champion Shanti Pereira reflects on her athletics journey, recent victories, and the dedication behind her national sprint records. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Shanti Pereira was exhausted. She had barely slept. Four races were already in her legs and rain was pelting down at Nagoya’s Paloma Mizuho Stadium.
Malaysia’s athletics failure at the Asian Games was not just the empty medal tally. It was the growing sense that the sport has lost its way.