Earlier in the Games, Pereira failed to advance to the 100m semi-finals, finishing 55th out of 72 athletes overall. Her time of 11.63s saw her place 7th out of nine runners in her heat. Her national record stands at 11.20s.
Last year was a career-defining one for Pereira.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, she won the women’s 200m final – Singapore’s first athletics gold medal since 1974.
Days before that, Pereira ended Singapore’s nearly 50-year wait for a track and field medal at the Asian Games, after she won a silver in the 100m.
Pereira notched a sprint double at the Asian Athletics Championships in July and also became the first Singaporean woman to win both the 100m and 200m events at the SEA Games in May.
But she suffered an injury setback earlier this year, where a stress injury in her fibula put paid to her Olympics preparation as well as plans to compete in the Diamond League and various meets.
“It’s just very unfortunate that it had to happen at that time … but the good thing was that it happened then and not nearer to the Olympics,” Pereira said.
“That’s why I can still be here talking to you guys, instead of not here at all. At least I got to give (it) my best shot.”
