In the storybook of Asian athletics, Indian-origin Singaporean sprinter Veronica Shanti Pereira has just written the most amazing chapter on success. She has given Singapore its first Asian Games track & field gold medal in nearly 50 years.
Bahrain's untouchable world title holder Winfred Yavi surged to the Asian Games 3,000m steeplechase gold medal on Monday, as Iranian veteran Ehsan Hadadi's 17-year reign as discus champion came to an end. - 'It's been so crazy' -
Few athletes have been as dominant as Hadadi in the discus, with the 38-year-old unbeaten at the Asian Games since winning his first gold at Doha in 2006.
Shanti Pereira became the first Singapore track-and-field athlete since 1974 to win an Asian Games gold, as she stormed to victory in the women's 200m final.