Team Singapore athletes at Paris Games honoured in Parliament

Olympians and Paralympians 'fought hard in the toughest of arenas', says minister

- Kimberly Kwek

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong on Oct 16 moved a motion in Parliament to honour Team Singapore athletes who competed at the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in Paris.

The Republic was represented by a 23-strong contingent at the July 26 to Aug 11 Olympics, with Maximilian Maeder winning a historic kitefoiling medal.

The teenager's bronze was just Singapore's sixth medal at the quadrennial Games.

More history was made at the Aug 28 to Sept 8 Paralympics, where 10 Singaporean athletes featured and achieved the country's best showing of two gold medals and a silver.

Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu retained her 50m and 100m backstroke S2 titles to take her total gold medal haul at the Games to seven, while Jeralyn Tan won a historic silver medal in boccia.

Seventeen of the 33 athletes who competed at the Paris Olympics and Paralympics attended the parliamentary sitting on Oct 16.

Paying tribute to the efforts of the Team Singapore athletes, Mr Tong said: "Not all our Olympians and Paralympians present today won a medal in Paris, but they are all winners. They have all fought hard in the toughest of arenas, and pushed themselves above and beyond their limits.

"They've not just represented our nation - they have conquered themselves. And we thank and honour our Team Singapore athletes for being our source of inspiration and for being our role models."