Shanti Pereira's on a roll. The local track-and-field athlete set the national record for the 100m category back in July at 11.20 seconds, beating the previous record — also set by her — by 0.06 seconds. She also holds the national, SEA Games and Asian Athletics Championships record for the 200m. The 26-year-old is currently in Budapest, Hungary, for the...
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She explained that she had been on the Sport Excellence Scholarship since 2016 and had set a goal for herself to earn a medal at the Asian Games in 2018, but got "pretty badly injured" at the start of the year. With less that two months to the Asian Games, Shanti didn't have enough time to get back into peak performance, and it resulted in "horrible performances" far from her best.
"Right after, I went to my car and just bawled my eyes out," she added. "I had to run from the room because tears were coming out already."
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