SINGAPORE: Shanti Pereira's impressive outing at the World Athletics Championships ended on Thursday (Aug 24) after she clocked a time of 22.79s in the women's 200m semi-finals. Competing in the third of three heats at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary, Pereira finished sixth. Ja
SINGAPORE: Shanti Pereira's impressive outing at the World Athletics Championships ended on Thursday after she clocked a time of 22.79s in the women's 200m semi-finals.
The top 2 from each of the three heats moved on to the finals, along with athletes from the rest of the field with the next two fastest times.Regardless of the outcome, Pereira had made history the day before afterIn the heats, she crossed the line in 22.57s, smashing her previous national mark of 22.69s. Pereira finished second in her heat, behind Jackson.
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