As part of preparations for her 2024 season, Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira was entered for a 400m race – an event in which she seldom competes –...
Shanti Pereira taking part in the 100m heats at the Asian Games in 2023. She broke the national records in the 100m and 200m that year.As part of preparations for her 2024 season, Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira was entered for a 400m race – an event in which she seldom competes – at the Florida Relays on March 30.
Pereira’s coach Luis Cunha said they just wanted to try something different, having not had the opportunity for a 400m race last season. The previous time she competed over this distance was at the Singapore Athletics Performance Trials in 2020, when she clocked 56.97sec. Cunha said while Pereira is not training for the 400m, it was “a good experience in a good track, pretty good competition and she delivered a good race according to the plan”.
She won gold for both distances at the SEA Games in Cambodia and Asian Championships in Bangkok, where she lowered her national record in the century sprint to 11.20sec last July.
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