Shanti Pereira aims for another historic feat at world athletics championships

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Shanti Pereira training with coach Luis Cunha at the Home of Athletics on Sept 9. She will be competing at her fifth world championships from Sept 13 to 21 in Tokyo..

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Summary

• Singapore athletics saw multiple national records broken in 2025, including marks in the 400m hurdles, 10,000m, 110m hurdles, 100m hurdles, 200m, 800m and high jump.
• Shanti Pereira qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, feeling shes reached a new stage despite not breaking individual records this year, aiming to reach the semi-finals again.
• Hurdler Calvin Quek aims to improve on his 2023 timing, while Pereira will defend her titles at the SEA Games in Thailand.

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SINGAPORE – It has been a standout season for Singapore’s track and field athletes, with several individual national records tumbling across multiple events.

Calvin Quek (men’s 400m hurdles),Shaun Goh and Vanessa Lee (men’s and women’s 10,000m),Ang Chen Xiang (men’s 110m hurdles),

Kerstin Ong (women’s 100m hurdles)

Sprint queen Shanti Pereira may be missing from that list, but the 28-year-old continues to blaze a trail for Singapore athletics.

While she did not notch individual marks, she won two silvers at the Asian Championships in May and bettered the women’s 4x100m relay record with Elizabeth-Ann Tan, Shannon Tan and Laavinia Jaiganth.