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.
Singapore’s most decorated Paralympian, she is the current world record holder in the event, and also holds the world record for the 50m backstroke S2.