Pereira, Quah get Tokyo nod

SMU alumna and national sprinter Veronica Shanti Pereira is among the 23 athletes in the Team Singapore contingent bound for the Tokyo Olympics. She will compete at the July 23-Aug 8 Games on universality places, previously known as wild cards. The 24-year-old, who holds the national records in the women's 100m and 200m, will race in the latter event in Tokyo, where she will be the Republic's sole representative in track and field. Veronica, who had completed her studies at SMU in April, said she has not set herself a target in Tokyo, given the Olympics will be her first high-level race in the 200m since the 2019 SEA Games, when she won a bronze in 23.77sec.