Shanti Pereira takes Asian Games 100m silver: 0.01s off national record, targets 200m defence

Nagoya – On the evening of September 25, 2026, at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Shanti Pereira of Singapore clocked 11.21 seconds to take silver in the women’s 100m at the Asian Games. China’s Chen Yujie won gold in an Asian Games record time of 11.06s, while Bahrain’s Edidiong Odiong took bronze with 11.33s. Pereira finished just 0.01s outside her own national record of 11.20s. She had earlier qualified fastest from the semifinals with 11.28s, ahead of Odiong (11.33s) and Thailand’s Jirapat Khanonta, who was tied with Chen Yujie at 11.41s. This is Pereira’s second consecutive Asian Games silver in the 100m, following her silver in Hangzhou. The 30-year-old is the defending champion in the 200m and begins her title defence on Saturday, September 26. The result confirms her place among Asia’s elite sprinters and sets up a strong bid for a second straight 200m gold. Her performance highlights the value of careful workload management and offers inspiration for Southeast Asian athletics beyond Singapore.