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Yip Pin Xiu: Swimming for gold

Singapore’s most decorated Paralympian, with five gold medals. When Yip Pin Xiu won her first gold at the Beijing Paralympics, she was the youngest in her country’s team. And it was the first time ever that Singapore’s national anthem had been played in an Olympic arena.

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Sat 26 Aug 202301:32GMT
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  • Wed 23 Aug 202303:32GMT
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  • Wed 23 Aug 202310:32GMT
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  • Sat 26 Aug 202301:32GMT
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