Singapore's Shanti Pereira wins historic 200m Asian Games gold

Indian-origin Pereira wins Singapore’s first gold in Asian Games athletics in 49 years

Singapore, Oct 3 (PTI) Singapore is celebrating its first athletic gold win in 49 years at the Asian Games with its Indian-origin sprinter Shanti Pereira winning the women’s 200m final in Hangzhou, China. Pereira clocked 23.03 seconds to finish the race on Monday at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. This is the first athletics […]

Shanti Pereira wins gold in 200m, Singapore’s first athletics title at Asian Games since 1974

She clocked 23.03 seconds at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, ahead of China’s Li Yuting. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore's Shanti Pereira wins historic 200m Asian Games gold

This is Shanti Pereira's second medal at the Asian Games after taking silver in the 100m.

Athletics: Indian-origin sprinter Pereira wins Singapore's first gold in Asian Games in 49 years

Singapore: Singapore is celebrating its first athletic gold win in 49 years at the Asian Games with its Indian-origin sprinter Shanti Pereira winning the women's 200m final in Hangzhou, China. Pereira clocked 23.03 seconds to finish the race on Monday

Ehsan Hadadi Loses Men's Discus Gold For First Time Since 2006 Asian Games

Hangzhou, Oct 2 (IANS) Iranian strongman, Ehsan Hadadi finally failed to win a gold medal in the men’s discus throw at the Asian Games after remaining unbeaten for 16 years. Hadadi, the 38-year-old London Olympic Games silver medallist has won the Men’s discus through for a record four editions of the Asian Games. He first bagged a gold medal in discus throw in the 2006 edition in Doha, Qatar and continued to win gold medals in the 2010, 2014 an…

Shanti Pereira clinches gold in 200m; win marks Singapore's first athletics title at Asian Games since 1974

HANGZHOU - Shanti Pereira is squatting on the track at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Singapore flag draped over her as she buried her face in her hands crying, staying there for 10 seconds. She had won the women's 200m at the Asian Games in 23.03sec and when she finally understood what had happened, Asia's fastest woman in the...