Asian Games: Shanti Pereira qualifies for 100m semis

Singapore's Shanti Pereira after the women's 200m preliminary heat at the 33rd SEA Games at the Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok on Dec 13, 2025. (File photo: CNA/Jeremy Long)

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SINGAPORE: Sprinter Shanti Pereira has qualified for the women's 100m semifinals at the Asian Games in Japan.

Running in the first of four heats for the event at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on Thursday (Sep 24), the 30-year-old clocked a time of 11.43s to finish second in her race, behind China's Chen Yujie (11.41s).

Pereira, who won silver in the 100m in the previous edition of the Games, will take part in Friday's semi-finals. The final is also scheduled for later that evening.

Pereira, who is also slated to defend her gold in the 200m, entered the Asian Games in fine form.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less Two months ago, she made history by becoming the first Singaporean to qualify for an individual sprint final at the Commonwealth Games. That came in the 200m, where she clocked a then season-best 22.81s in the semi-finals before finishing eighth in the final. She also reached the 100m semi-finals in Glasgow, clocking 11.24s - her fastest time of the season and just 0.04 seconds shy of the national record she set at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships. Following the Commonwealth Games, Pereira raced in the United Kingdom, Poland and Oman, finishing on the 200m podium at all three meets. She clocked a season-best 22.78s in Oman.

Two months ago, she made history by becoming the first Singaporean to qualify for an individual sprint final at the Commonwealth Games.

That came in the 200m, where she clocked a then season-best 22.81s in the semi-finals before finishing eighth in the final.

She also reached the 100m semi-finals in Glasgow, clocking 11.24s - her fastest time of the season and just 0.04 seconds shy of the national record she set at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships.

Following the Commonwealth Games, Pereira raced in the United Kingdom, Poland and Oman, finishing on the 200m podium at all three meets. She clocked a season-best 22.78s in Oman.

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2025年12月13日，在曼谷素帕查拉赛体育场举行的第33届东南亚运动会女子200米预赛后，新加坡选手珊蒂·佩雷拉（Shanti Pereira）正在比赛。（资料照片：CNA/Jeremy Long）

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新加坡：短跑运动员珊蒂·佩雷拉已获得在日本举行的亚运会女子100米半决赛的参赛资格。

周四（9 月 24 日），这位 30 岁的选手在名古屋市瑞穗公园体育场举行的该赛事四组预赛的第一组中，跑出了 11.43 秒的成绩，获得第二名，仅次于中国选手陈宇洁（11.41 秒）。

佩雷拉曾在上届奥运会男子100米比赛中获得银牌，他将参加周五的半决赛。决赛也定于当晚晚些时候举行。

佩雷拉还将卫冕女子200米金牌，她以良好的状态参加了亚运会。

CNA游戏 猜词游戏 逐行破解单词 流行词游戏 用给定的字母组成单词 迷你数独 小谜题，脑力挑战 迷你填字游戏 小方格，大挑战 单词搜索 尽可能多地找出单词 显示更多 显示更少 两个月前，她创造了历史，成为首位晋级英联邦运动会个人短跑决赛的新加坡运动员。她在200米比赛中，半决赛跑出了当时的赛季最佳成绩22.81秒，最终在决赛中获得第八名。她还在格拉斯哥的100米比赛中晋级半决赛，成绩为11.24秒——这是她本赛季的最快成绩，仅比她在2023年亚洲田径锦标赛上创造的全国纪录慢了0.04秒。英联邦运动会结束后，佩雷拉参加了在英国、波兰和阿曼举行的比赛，并在所有三场比赛的200米比赛中都登上了领奖台。她在阿曼跑出了本赛季最佳成绩 22.78 秒。

两个月前，她创造了历史，成为首位晋级英联邦运动会个人短跑决赛的新加坡选手。

那是在 200 米比赛中，她在半决赛中跑出了当时赛季最佳成绩 22.81 秒，但在决赛中获得第八名。

她还在格拉斯哥的比赛中进入了 100 米半决赛，成绩为 11.24 秒——这是她本赛季的最快成绩，距离她在 2023 年亚洲田径锦标赛上创造的全国纪录仅差 0.04 秒。

英联邦运动会结束后，佩雷拉参加了在英国、波兰和阿曼举行的比赛，并在所有三场比赛中都登上了200米领奖台。她在阿曼跑出了赛季最佳成绩22.78秒。

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