Source : Sport SG.

Yip Pin Xiu, 24-year-old Singapore para-swimmer,  won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke S2 event with a new world record in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Saturday (10 September). Making it the second gold medal won in Rio de Janeiro after Joseph Schooling’s medal in the Olympics.

Yip also broke the world record by finishing the race in just 2min 7.09sec, beating China’s Feng Yazhu (2min 18.65sec) and Ukraine’s Iryna Sotska (2min 21.98sec).

This is her second medal gold for Singapore since Yip had also won Singapore’s first Paralympic medal eight years ago when she won the (S3) 50m Backstroke. She also won silver in the (S3) 50m Freestyle that year.

This is the second time Majulah Singapura was heard at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio in less than a month.

Here are what politicians have said towards her winning on Facebook:

Tony Tan

Lee Hsien Loong

Teo Chee Hean

Gan Kim Yong

Grace Fu

Chan Chun Sing

Tan Chuan-Jin

Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)

Singapore National Paralympics Council

People’s Action Party

Kian Peng Seah

https://www.facebook.com/kianpeng.seah?hc_ref=SEARCH

Tin Pei Ling

Baey Yam Keng

 

Subscribe
Notify of
0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
You May Also Like

Environment Issues brought out by Workers’ Party MPs

MP for Aljunied GRC, Pritam Singh spoke in the parliament on Tuesday…

PM Lee to nominate Seah Kian Peng as next Speaker of Singapore Parliament amid affair scandal

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has proposed Mr Seah Kian Peng as the new Speaker of Parliament, following former Speaker Mr Tan Chuan-Jin’s resignation amid controversy over his affair with ex-MP Cheng Li Hui.

Pritam Singh calls for donation for party’s bid in upcoming General Election

Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh has called for donations in preparation…

PM Lee calls for GE, says it will clear the decks and give new Government fresh mandate

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for the next general election…