Singaporeans celebrated on Saturday, after 24-year-old swimmer Yip Pin Xiu took home a gold medal and broke the world record — also previously set by her — at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Yip won the women’s 100m backstroke S2 gold in a time of 2 minutes 7.09 seconds, smashing her own previously set world record timing of 2 minutes 8.09 seconds, which she set in a competition in Germany in 2008.
Yip Pin Xiu on the podium in Rio.Image: Friedemann Vogel/Getty ImagesSEE ALSO: The fiercest athletes break stereotypes at Rio Paralympics
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Source: Mashable
