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Making peace with herself has helped Singapore sprint queen Shanti Pereira win
She won her first race in Primary 3. Today, Shanti Pereira is South-east Asia’s sprint queen. She tells executive editor Sumiko Tan how she has learnt to live with the pressure of having to triumph.
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National sprinter Shanti Pereira learnt to accept the athletic journey for what it is – that there will be days she wins, and days she does not.
Shanti Pereira likes desserts, but she is not having any today.
It is two weeks to her next competition in Bangkok, and South-east Asia’s fastest woman is in training mode.
