SMU alumna Shanti Pereira clocked a season's best time of 23.96 seconds to finish sixth in Heat 5 at the Tokyo Olympics. The time, which was short of her national record of 23.60sec set en route to winning gold at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore, placed her 39th out of 41 overall. Shanti said she was "quite happy" and "satisfied" at going under 24 seconds, having not run in a major race since the Philippines SEA Games in December 2019. She believes her Olympic adventure has already put her in good stead ahead of a busy schedule next year in which the SEA Games, Asian Games, world championships and Commonwealth Games will be held.
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