SINGAPORE: Yip Pin Xiu has qualified for the 50m backstroke S2 final at the Paris Paralympics after being the fastest qualifier in the heats on Saturday (Aug 31).
The defending champion clocked a time of 1:05.06 and finished in first place overall.
The top eight swimmers from the two heats advanced to the final. Yip, 32, took gold in the event at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics. She is also the current world record holder in the event.
She will compete in the final at 1.54am on Sunday morning.
On Friday, Yip won women’s 100m backstroke S2 final, picking up her sixth Paralympics gold medal.
The defending champion clocked a time of 2:21.73 to clinch Singapore’s first medal of the Paris Games. Yip had also won gold in the event at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics.
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The defending champion clocked a time of 1:05.06 and finished in first place overall.
The top eight swimmers from the two heats advanced to the final. Yip, 32, took gold in the event at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics. She is also the current world record holder in the event.
She will compete in the final at 1.54am on Sunday morning.
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On Friday, Yip won women’s 100m backstroke S2 final, picking up her sixth Paralympics gold medal.
The defending champion clocked a time of 2:21.73 to clinch Singapore’s first medal of the Paris Games. Yip had also won gold in the event at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics.
Catch Team Singapore at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 live and on-demand on mewatch for free at mewatch.sg/paris2024.
Source: CNA/mt(rj)
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