BANGKOK: Shanti Pereira successfully retained her 100m crown at the 33rd SEA Games on Thursday (Dec 11).

At the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, the Singaporean took gold in the final with a time of 11.37s. She had earlier won her heat with a time of 11.46s.

Pereira won both the 100m and 200m at the last edition of the Games in 2023, becoming the first Singaporean woman to clinch a sprint double at the biennial event.

She won one gold (200m) and clinched a silver (100m) at the Asian Games later that year.

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