'Still in a daze' after Shanti Pereira ends Singapore athletics gold drought

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.