Yip Has One More Paralympics In Her

Swimmer sets sights on LA 2028, but says it's all about team effort in gold hunt

- Melvyn Teoh

Singapore's Paralympic champion Yip Pin Xiu will be gunning for golds No. 8 and 9 - in the 50m and 100m backstroke S2 events - after confirming her intent to compete at the Los Angeles Games in 2028.

After clinching her sixth and seventh titles at the Paris Paralympics in August, the 33-year-old has kept her cards close to her chest, noting that LA 2028 was "on the cards" but that her focus was on the Toyota World Para Swimming Championships, which will be held from Sept 21 to 27 at the OCBC Aquatic Centre.

Speaking at the appreciation event for the world championships' partners at the Fairmont Singapore hotel on Aug 19, Yip said: "I think I have one more in me, (but) maybe by then I'll say I have another one in me, but for now, I do have one more in me.

"Sports is not just about an individual, it really involves a team and a good coach. To pull that together is quite difficult, so that's what I want to try and do this time round, to be really working with a team that can lift me up and bring me to where I want to be."