Shanti Pereira has done it again. The Singapore sprint queen became the first woman to win back-to-back Asian Games 200m titles, storming through the rain to take gold in a season’s best 22.78 seconds. She also returns home with silver in the 100m.

But behind that historic finish was exhaustion, anxiety, sleepless nights and the pressure of defending a title she won three years ago.

Let’s Talk, Singapore, catches up with Shanti on the belief that carried her across the line, how she has changed as an athlete, and what comes next on the road to Los Angeles 2028.