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09-16-2016, 04:50 PM
Singapore gets third Paralympic gold in its history thanks to swimming champ Yip Pin Xiu
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National para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu has won a second gold medal at the Rio Paralympics on Friday morning, local media reported.
She came in first in the women's 50m backstroke S2 event with the timing of 1 min 00.33sec, followed by China's Feng Yazhu (1:02.66) and Ukraine's Iryna Sotska (1:17.22).
SEE ALSO: Table tennis player who lost his arms as a child epitomizes the Paralympics spirit (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/ibrahim-hamadtou-table-tennis/)
The 24-year-old also won the 100m back S2 event (http://mashable.com/2016/09/10/singapore-paralympic-gold-yip-pin-xiu/) last week, and set a new world record of *2min*7.09sec.
Yip is the first local athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympic Games, Channel NewsAsia reported (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/paralympics-yip-pin-xiu-clinches-singapore-s-2nd-gold-medal/3131038.html). In 2008, she clinched her very first gold medal (http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/paralympics-history-maker-yip-pin-xiu-wins-gold-in-womens-50m-backstroke-s2-second-title-of) in 50m back S3 race at the same Paralympics Games held in Beijing.** Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/16/yip-pin-xiu-gold-again/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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National para-swimmer Yip Pin Xiu has won a second gold medal at the Rio Paralympics on Friday morning, local media reported.
She came in first in the women's 50m backstroke S2 event with the timing of 1 min 00.33sec, followed by China's Feng Yazhu (1:02.66) and Ukraine's Iryna Sotska (1:17.22).
SEE ALSO: Table tennis player who lost his arms as a child epitomizes the Paralympics spirit (http://mashable.com/2016/09/15/ibrahim-hamadtou-table-tennis/)
The 24-year-old also won the 100m back S2 event (http://mashable.com/2016/09/10/singapore-paralympic-gold-yip-pin-xiu/) last week, and set a new world record of *2min*7.09sec.
Yip is the first local athlete to win multiple medals at the Paralympic Games, Channel NewsAsia reported (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/paralympics-yip-pin-xiu-clinches-singapore-s-2nd-gold-medal/3131038.html). In 2008, she clinched her very first gold medal (http://www.straitstimes.com/sport/paralympics-history-maker-yip-pin-xiu-wins-gold-in-womens-50m-backstroke-s2-second-title-of) in 50m back S3 race at the same Paralympics Games held in Beijing.** Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/16/yip-pin-xiu-gold-again/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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