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YIP TAKES A BREATHER AFTER HECTIC 2 YEARS
The Straits Times
|November 21, 2025
She and fellow swimmer Toh retain top gongs at S'pore Disability Sports Awards
Yip Pin Xiu with her Sportswoman of the Year trophy at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards at Paradox hotel on Nov 20. It is the sixth time the swimmer has won the title. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
(ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR)
Swim queen Yip Pin Xiu is looking forward to a hard-earned breather after a hectic two years.
The Singaporean retained her two Paralympic golds in the 50m and 100m backstroke S2 events in Paris in 2024 to bring her Paralympic gold-medal haul to seven. She then followed that up by winning a gold and silver at the World Para Swimming Championships in home waters in September.
For her feats, she earned her fifth straight, and sixth overall, Sportswoman of the Year gong at the Singapore Disability Sports Awards at the Paradox hotel on Nov 20, which takes into account achievements from April 2024 to March 2025.
This story is from the November 21, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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