SMU alumna and sprint queen Shanti Pereira took a three-week break but has already resumed training for a month as she eyes more national records when she resumes her season in April, before taking on the 26 July - 11 August 2024 Paris Olympics. Her sterling Asian and SEA Games campaigns in 2023 also made her the big winner at the Major Games Award Programme (MAP) awards presentation and appreciation dinner at Timbre+ One North on 29 November. She collected $315,000 for her Asiad gold (women’s 200m) and silver (100m) plus two SEA Games titles.