'I knew it was my day': Singapore's Shanti Pereira retains Asian Games 200m gold, makes history - CNA
Pereira is the first woman to win the event twice at the quadrennial event.
Shanti Pereira wins gold in the 200m at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya, Sep 27, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Wallace Woon)
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Matthew Mohan 27 Sep 2026 06:27PM (Updated: 27 Sep 2026 09:59PM) Bookmark Bookmark Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedIn Set CNA as your preferred source on Google Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. Read a summary of this article on FAST. Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FAST NAGOYA, Japan: Never mind the conditions, never mind the competition, never mind the pressure.
In Shanti Pereira's mind, there was only one athlete winning the women's 200m on Sunday (Sep 27).
On a rain-swept evening at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on Sunday (Sep 27), Pereira wrote her name into the history books as she successfully defended her 200m Asian Games crown.
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"Coming into today, I knew it was my day," she told reporters. "Nothing ... was going to stop me from getting it."
At the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, the Singaporean clocked 22.78s, matching her season's best.Β She crossed the line ahead of China's Chen Yujie, who ran 22.93s. Harita Bhadra of India took bronze with a time of 23.20s.
