Defending champion Shanti Pereira advances to Asian Games 200m finals
Shanti Pereira clocked a time of 23.10s.
Singapore’s Shanti Pereira secured her place in the women’s 200m final at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games on Saturday. Pereira, the defending champion, clocked a time of 23.10 seconds in the second of three heats at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. The top two finishers from each heat, combined with the next two quickest qualifiers, advance to the final.
Pereira’s 200m national record stands at 22.57 seconds. On Saturday, the Singaporean also defended her silver medal in the 100m event. China’s Chen Yujie claimed gold in the 200m with a Games record time of 11.06 seconds, while Pereira posted a season’s best of 11.21 seconds. Pereira’s specialty is the 200m event. At the 2008 Hangzhou Games, her victory marked Singapore’s first athletics gold since 1974, when Chee Swee Lee won the women’s 400m.
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