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Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira celebrates winning the women's 200m gold at the SEA Games in Hanoi in 2022.
SINGAPORE — Sprinter Shanti Pereira has rewritten her own national women's 100m record at the New Zealand Track and Field Championships heats on Friday , clocking 11.46 seconds to lower her previous mark by 0.02sec., improved on her previous national mark set at last August's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Racing in her first meet of the year, Pereira actually ran even faster in the final in Wellington's Newtown Park. However, her 11.44sec effort - which placed her third - was not registered as a national mark owing to strong tailwind of 3.3m/s. Only races within 2.0 m/s and below are considered for national records.New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs was first in the race in 10.89sec, while compatriot Rosie Elliott clocked 11.36 sec to finish second.
She told The Straits Times, "I'm glad to be given this opportunity to train full time. It helps me a lot in terms of training and eventual competition because it really has improved my focus, and I am able to have much better recovery. “This was my first race of the year and my expectations were to execute the techniques as well as possible. Based on training, I knew I was in a good shape.”at the upcoming SEA Games in Cambodia. She is also preparing for other major events such as July's Asian Athletics Championships in Pattaya, August's World Athletics Championships in Budapest, and September's Asian Games in Hangzhou.
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