Singapore's Veronica Shanti Pereira reacts after winning gold in the Women's 200m Final at the Hangzhou Asian Games. - Sports Singapore via REUTERS/Alfie Lee
HANGZHOU, China (AFP): When Shanti Pereira sprinted to Singapore's first athletics Asian Games gold in 49 years no one was prouder than her parents watching from the stands in Hangzhou.
Pereira draped herself in the Singapore flag after her 200m triumph and ran towards mum, dad and boyfriend Tan Zong Yang, a former athlete, in the crowd.
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