{"id":89393,"date":"2026-10-01T17:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89393"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:23:16","slug":"filled-with-a-lot-of-pride-singapores-shanti-pereira-returns-home-after-making-history-at-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89393","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Filled with a lot of pride&#8217;: Singapore&#8217;s Shanti Pereira returns home after making history at Asian Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gagan Velappakutty, 72, was one of those at the airport to greet Pereira.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Shanti has proven that, with determination and with all the difficulty, she finished with a good time and a double gold. The competition was very tough,&#8221; said the Sport Singapore volunteer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Given Pereira&#8217;s success, he said he has seen a surge in school participation and &#8220;that is an encouragement&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall, all the athletes have done &#8211; those who went to Nagoya &#8211; they have done their best. A lot came with their personal best, and a lot achieved their own goals,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can look forward to &#8230; many more of our athletes coming back with good results, so this is a step in the right direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/shanti-pereira-asian-games-history-gold-medal-home-6423751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gagan Velappakutty, 72, was one of those at the airport to greet Pereira. &#8220;Shanti has proven that, with determination and with all the difficulty, she&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ZfOPdTba--\/c_crop,h_1125,w_2000,x_0,y_85\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/10\/01\/shanti_luis.jpg?itok=xgRC1kk7","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2027,5136,321,2284,469,1776,2245,12781,3075,2648,12766,209],"class_list":["post-89393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-asian","tag-filled","tag-games","tag-history","tag-home","tag-lot","tag-making","tag-pereira","tag-pride","tag-returns","tag-shanti","tag-singapores","wpcat-2-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}