SINGAPORE: Singapore's Yip Pin Xiu won gold in the women's 100m backstroke S2 final at the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday (Aug 25).
The double world champion finished in a time of 2:16.61 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Yip also won gold in this event at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
Yip will next compete in the 50m backstroke S2 on Sep 2, an event which she also dominated in Rio.
She was the first Singaporean to win two golds at the Paralympics, in the 50m backstroke S2 and the 100m backstroke S2 where she set a world record time of 2:07.09 in the 2016 Games. Yip's split timing of 59.38 in the first lap of the event was also a world record time. Both world records still stand today.
Prior to her triumph in Rio, Yip already wrote her name in the history books when she became the first Singaporean to reach gold at the Paralympics after winning the 50m backstroke S3 event at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
She also has a number of World Championships and Asian Para Games medals to her name.
Yip was crowned Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards in August.
Apart from her achievements in the pool, Yip, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, is also a former Nominated Member of Parliament.
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The double world champion finished in a time of 2:16.61 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
Yip also won gold in this event at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.
Yip will next compete in the 50m backstroke S2 on Sep 2, an event which she also dominated in Rio.
She was the first Singaporean to win two golds at the Paralympics, in the 50m backstroke S2 and the 100m backstroke S2 where she set a world record time of 2:07.09 in the 2016 Games. Yip's split timing of 59.38 in the first lap of the event was also a world record time. Both world records still stand today.
Prior to her triumph in Rio, Yip already wrote her name in the history books when she became the first Singaporean to reach gold at the Paralympics after winning the 50m backstroke S3 event at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
She also has a number of World Championships and Asian Para Games medals to her name.
Yip was crowned Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards in August.
Apart from her achievements in the pool, Yip, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, is also a former Nominated Member of Parliament.
Continue reading...