Shanti Pereira, the sprint queen from Singapore, incurred an injury a few months before the Paris Olympics. Singapore Athletics (SA) announced the unfortunate news through a statement posted on their website.
It stated: “Shanti has been ruled out of action with a leg injury ahead of the 84th Singapore Open Track & Field Championships as well as the Diamond League competition in Xiamen and Shanghai.”
Coach Luis Cunha reported that the runner had suffered a “common sports injury” and that, as a precaution, her competitive schedule would be modified to prioritize her healing. According to a statement from Singapore Athletics, it will collaborate with Pereira, her coach, and the Singapore Sport Institute (SSI) to make sure she gets all the help she needs to rehabilitate.
Pereira and Paris
She was supposed to travel back to Singapore to compete in the Singapore Open Track and Field Championships. She has been in Florida, USA, for training at the National Training Centre in Orlando. Moreover, Pereira was to be primarily situated in Europe to help her get ready for the August Games in Paris.
The organization declared that they will be “working closely with Luis to reorganize her training preparations towards Paris 2024 in the coming weeks.”
“In the meantime, she will train and undergo rehabilitation in Singapore,” her coach expressed.
Pereira’s race in the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary in August 2023 qualified her for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the 200 meters division.
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Source: CNA