Paris Paralympics: Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu wins gold in 100m backstroke S2 event

Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu at the 2024 Paralympics on Aug 29, 2024. (Photo: SportSG/Eng Chin An)

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu notched a historic three-peat on Friday (Aug 30) after winning the women’s 100m backstroke S2 final at the Paris Paralympics.

At the La Defense Arena, the defending champion clocked a time of 2:21.73 to clinch Singapore’s first medal of the Paris Games.

She finished just ahead of Mexico’s silver medalist Haidee Aceves (2:21.79) and Italy’s Angela Procida (2:24.48) who took bronze.

Yip, 32, won gold in the event at the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics.

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