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Third national record in three days for Shanti Pereira as she smashes own 200m mark

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Shanti Pereira during the 100m women's heats at the SEA Games in Vietnam on May 18, 2022. (Photo: SportSG/Jeremy Lee)

Matthew Mohan

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02 Apr 2023 01:02PM(Updated: 03 Apr 2023 11:21AM)

SINGAPORE: Shanti Pereira set her third national record in as many days as she clocked 22.89s in the women’s 200m heats at the Australian Track and Field Open in Brisbane on Sunday (Apr 2).

In doing so, the Singaporean smashed her own record of 23.16s set in the 200m final at the Brisbane Track Classic on Mar 25, where she finished third.

 

Pereira’s new record time would have been enough for her to win gold at the last five editions of the Asian Games.

"I’m honestly still in disbelief," she told CNA in the evening. "It’s a major milestone for me so it feels incredible."

On Saturday, the 26-year-old also broke her own new national record in the 100m, winning the final in Brisbane in 11.37s.

That was 0.01s faster than the previous national record she set in the heats of the event on Friday.

Pereira was the fastest qualifier in the 200m on Sunday but did not compete in the final later in the day.

 

Speaking to CNA, Pereira's coach Luis Cunha said the decision to pull out was to avoid overstretching her both physically and mentally.

"This has been mentally very tiring (for her) ... Every time she ran in the past three weeks, it was equalling the national record or a national record. You have no idea how stressful this can be," he said, adding that 2023 will be packed with competitions.

"We've a big challenge this season because it is a very long season with an unusual number of major competitions because of COVID-19 (postponements)."

Shanti Pereira's national records since 2022

DateEventRecordPlace

May 14, 2022200m23.52Hanoi

Aug 2100m11.48Birmingham

Aug 4200m23.46Birmingham

Mar 3, 2023100m11.46Wellington

Mar 25200m23.16Brisbane

Mar 31100m11.38Brisbane

Apr 1100m11.37Brisbane

Apr 2200m22.89Brisbane

Last November, it was announced that Pereira would be joining the Sports Excellence Scholarship programme, which supports athletes headed to major Games.

 

She has been training full-time since January, a change that proved extremely helpful, said Cunha. "She's very committed and she's had the perfect lifestyle, with the perfect discipline," he added.

The coach described his protege's performance on Sunday as "world-class".

"We cannot ask for more, it has been really a dream," he said. "We've had a fantastic start (to the year), let's see how we will finish."

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Hypersonic

We have been posting some of her recent achievement in the exercise thread. But ya, her achievements deserves a thread on it's own. She now a Asian Game gold standard level liao.

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She moved to the finals but didn't participate in it?
Didn't see her name on it:

Event 194 Women 200 Metre Open
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Name Year Team Prelims Wind H#

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Preliminaries
1 Pereira, Veronica Shanti 96 SGP 22.89Q 1.9 2
2 Connolly, Ella 00 QLD-AUS 23.07Q 1.1 1
3 Lewis, Torrie 05 QLD-AUS 23.51Q 0.7 3
4 Day, Riley 00 QLD-AUS 23.27Q 1.9 2
5 Edwards, Kristie 00 QLD-AUS 23.45Q 1.1 1
6 Bull, Carla 02 QLD-AUS 23.63Q 0.7 3
7 Stallan, Lakara 03 SA-AUS 23.34q 1.9 2
8 Somerfield, Brooke 97 NZL 23.51q 1.9 2

Event 210 Women 200 Metre Open

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Name Year Team Finals Wind

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Finals
1 Lewis, Torrie 05 QLD-AUS 23.02 0.8
2 Connolly, Ella 00 QLD-AUS 23.16 0.8
3 Day, Riley 00 QLD-AUS 23.24 0.8
4 Edwards, Kristie 00 QLD-AUS 23.27 0.8
5 Bull, Carla 02 QLD-AUS 23.63 0.8
6 Stallan, Lakara 03 SA-AUS 23.65 0.8
7 Somerfield, Brooke 97 NZL 23.76 0.8

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On 4/4/2023 at 11:39 AM, Mits_jc said:

She moved to the finals but didn't participate in it?
Didn't see her name on it:

Event 194 Women 200 Metre Open
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Name Year Team Prelims Wind H#

========================================================================
Preliminaries
1 Pereira, Veronica Shanti 96 SGP 22.89Q 1.9 2
2 Connolly, Ella 00 QLD-AUS 23.07Q 1.1 1
3 Lewis, Torrie 05 QLD-AUS 23.51Q 0.7 3
4 Day, Riley 00 QLD-AUS 23.27Q 1.9 2
5 Edwards, Kristie 00 QLD-AUS 23.45Q 1.1 1
6 Bull, Carla 02 QLD-AUS 23.63Q 0.7 3
7 Stallan, Lakara 03 SA-AUS 23.34q 1.9 2
8 Somerfield, Brooke 97 NZL 23.51q 1.9 2

Event 210 Women 200 Metre Open

=====================================================================

Name Year Team Finals Wind

=====================================================================

Finals
1 Lewis, Torrie 05 QLD-AUS 23.02 0.8
2 Connolly, Ella 00 QLD-AUS 23.16 0.8
3 Day, Riley 00 QLD-AUS 23.24 0.8
4 Edwards, Kristie 00 QLD-AUS 23.27 0.8
5 Bull, Carla 02 QLD-AUS 23.63 0.8
6 Stallan, Lakara 03 SA-AUS 23.65 0.8
7 Somerfield, Brooke 97 NZL 23.76 0.8

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Turbocharged

Great achievements. 

I still remember my time was Mona Kunalan, the sweet little girl of C Kunalan. Wow, I wished I had kept winning.

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Hypersonic

The only piece of good news after we kenna 7-0 in our claimed favourit sport ..... Kallang Roar mati  

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On 7/16/2023 at 12:38 PM, Civic101 said:

A new 100m national record by Shanti Pereira at the Asian Athletic Championship. 👏

Very strong finishing!👍

Not a perfect start but finished convincingly way ahead of the rest. Power!

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This lady really got strong potential, i feel so proud of her n hope she can bring us more international level medals 👍..

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