Singaporean sprinter
Pereira
Veronica Shanti Pereira is a Singaporean track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 m, 200 m, 4 x 100 m, and 4 x 400 m.
She holds the 100 m national record (11.20s), 200 m national record (22.57s), 400 m national record (53.67s), 4 x 100m national record (44.96), 200 m SEA Games record (22.69s), and the 200 m Asian Athletics Championships games record (22.70s). She was ranked 1st in Asia in 2023 for both the 100 m and 200 m based on World Athletics' records.
How locals move
Getting around Pereira the local way
- Get inCali: COP$29,000, 4 hours Bogotá: COP$50,000, 9 hours Medellín: COP$33,000, 6 hours Manizales: COP$16,000, 1 hr 15 min every 15 minutes with a minibus (Oct 2023) Armenia: COP$9,000, 1 hour every 15 minutes with a minibus (Oct 2023) Santa Rosa de Cabal: COP$5,000, 15 min.
- Get aroundTypes of buses range from large buses to smaller vans, and Wilys jeeps are also available for side trips to outlying areas including local mountains and valley floors (prices vary depending on destination but generally are very cheap).
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