This is Singapore's first athletics medal at the continental meet since 1974. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HANGZHOU – Singapore sprinter Shanti Pereira claimed a silver medal in the women’s 100m at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday to win the Republic’s first athletics medal at the competition since 1974.
The 27-year-old crossed the line at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in 11.27sec, just 0.04sec behind the winner, China’s Ge Manqi. Bahrain’s Hajad Alkhaldi was third in 11.35sec.at the Asian Athletics Championships in July, had placed sixth in the heats with her time of 11.42sec. China’s Ge, who was the 100m bronze medallist at July’s continental meet, had topped the heats in 11.17sec.In addition to the two golds at the Asian Athletics Championships, she also baggedthe first Singaporean to reach the semi-finalsHer silver on Saturday is the Republic’s 19th medal in athletics at the Asiad, with the last coming at the 1974 Games in Teheran, Iran, where Singapore won a gold, a silver and two bronzes.
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