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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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Pereira is the first woman to win the event twice at the quadrennial event.
The Singaporean is the first woman to win back-to-back 200m titles at the Asian Games. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore’s Shanti Pereira won the 200 metres at the Asian Games in Nagoya in 22.78 seconds, becoming the first woman to win the event twice.