Olympians and Paralympians honoured in Parliament

Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder and swimmer Yip Pin Xiu both competed and won Olympic medals for Singapore in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.PHOTOS: ST FILE, SNPC

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong on Oct 16 moved a motion in Parliament to honour Team Singapore athletes who competed at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Republic was represented by a 23-strong contingent at the July 26-Aug 11 Olympics, with Maximilian Maeder winning a historic kitefoiling medal. The 18-year-old’s bronze was just Singapore’s sixth medal at the quadrennial Games.

More history was made at the Aug 28-Sept 8 Paralympics, where 10 Singaporean athletes featured and achieved the country’s best showing of two gold medals and a silver.

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