World record holder Yip Pin Xiu got Singapore’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics on the first day of action on Wednesday , retaining her 100m backstroke crown from Rio 2016.
Swimming in lane four at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, she won the event in a dominant 2min 16.61sec, with the hosts’ Miyuki Yamada taking the silver in 2:26.18 and Mexico’s Fabiola Ramirez third in 2:36.54. The 29-year-old Yip, the nation’s most successful Paralympian, was the fastest swimmer in the heats, clocking a season best 2:14.46. Her world record time of 2:07.09 was set at Rio 2016.She won a gold and silver in Beijing 2008 and a pair of golds at Rio 2016.
She will have a chance to match her haul from Brazil when she defends her 50m back crown on Sept 2. Yip is also the world record holder in that event.
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