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Giving up is not an option for Veronica Shanti Pereira.
The star sprinter has faced her share of setbacks on the road to becoming Singapore's first Asian Games athletics champion since 1974.
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It's a busy evening for Singapore's sprint sensation Veronica Shanti Pereira in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Two nights after her historic 200m gold medal at the 19th Asian Games, becoming Singapore's first sprint champion at the Asian Games, the 27-year-old is in the midst of a media whirlwind, with

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Shanti Pereira ended Singapore's 49-year wait for an Asian Games gold medal in athletics by winning the women's 200m final at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou on Monday (2 October), two days after her silver medal in the 100m.
The country had not won a medal of any colour since

Asian Games - Hangzhou 2022 - Athletics - Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China - October 2, 2023 Singapore's Veronica Shanti Pereira in action during the Women's 200m Final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

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Asian Games 2023 athletics: Singapore's Veronica Shanti Pereira crowned women's 200m champion, country's first track gold since 1974

Southeast Asia's sprinters continue to shine at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou held in 2023, as Puripol Boonson of Thailand – alongside Malaysia's Nasir Russel Alexander and Singapore's Mark Lee Ren – successfully made it through to the evening's men's 200m semi-finals on Sunday (1 October).
With the men's heats

Puripol Boonson - Asian Games Hangzhou - after men's 100m final

Asian Games 2023 athletics: Puripol Boonson qualifies for men's 200m semis; Shanti Pereira through to women's final

Shanti Pereira became Singapore's first Asian Games medallist in athletics since 1974 at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou held in 2023 on Saturday (30 September), claiming silver in the women's 100m final.
Shanti was quickest out of the blocks and led for most of the race, before losing a little

Asian Games - Hangzhou 2022 - Athletics - Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou, China - September 30, 2023 with silver medallist Singapore's Shanti Pereira  celebrates after winning the silver medal in the Women's 100m final REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Veronica Shanti Pereira wins historic medal

Asian Games 2023: Veronica Shanti Pereira wins women's 100m silver, Singapore's first athletics medal since 1974, as Ge Manqi claims home gold

The athletics blue-riband men's 100m and women's 100m events at the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou will take place from 29–30 September 2023, with as many as five or six teams expected to challenge for medals in each event.
Hosts People's Republic of China will count on Xie Zhenye, who will

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Uzawa Towa of Japan claimed the gold medal in the men’s 200m final on Sunday 16 July at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The 20-year-old national champion in the event, who also clocked the fastest time in the semi-finals, ran 20.23 in the final.
Silver medallist and

Uzawa Towa claimed the men's 200m title at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023.

Asian Athletics Championships 2023: Uzawa Towa clinches men’s 200m title

Japan's Yanagita Hiroki claimed Asia's top sprinting crown on Friday (14 July), triumphing in the men's 100m final at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.
Yanagita, who was an unused relay reserve for Japan at Tokyo 2020 and part of the country's gold-medal winning world under-20 relay team in 2022, had

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