“Our para swimmers have been training hard, and we are confident that they will put on their best performances, particularly with the support of our home crowd,” said Kelly Fan, executive director of the Singapore Disability Sports Council
It was an amazing week for our Team SG 🇸🇬 contingent at the Para Swimming World Championships 2022 in Madeira, Portugal. After defending her Women's 100m backstroke S2 crown, Yip Pin Xiu has also retained a second world championship title in the Women's 50m Backstroke S2 🥇. [embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce79miBrRpJ/?utm source=ig web copy link[/embed] “I am pleased with my times, but at the same time, every.
Swim legend, Yip Pin Xiu has done it again! She retained her Women's 100m backstroke S2 world title at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal. The five-time Paralympic champ also finished with a championship record time of 2:15.16, more than 15 seconds ahead of runner-up Fabiola Ramirez Martinez from Mexico. This was also Pin Xiu's fourth gold.
After a breathtaking outing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, Team Singapore has a chance to do it again and showcase new talent in the Middle East. Enter the Asian Youth Para Games (AYPG), a multi-sport event held every four years for young athletes with Impairment age range between 12 and 20. This year, an estimated 800 para athletes under 23.