Singapore’s Shanti Pereira pipped to 200m gold by Chinese ace at Asian athletic meet


Singapore’s Shanti Pereira (centre) en route to winning a silver in the 200m event at the Asian Athletics Championships.-- PHOTO: SINGAPORE ATHLETICS

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore’s sprint queen Shanti Pereira clinched silver in the women’s 200m at the Asian Athletics Championships on May 31.

At the Gumi Civic Stadium in South Korea, the 28-year-old clocked a season-best time of 22.98sec, just 0.01sec behind gold medallist Chen Yujie (22.97) and ahead of Li Yuting (23.23) both of China.

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