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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.
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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.
