The final day of the Para Swimming World Series Australia on Sunday saw a strong push from the Singaporean team, with Paralympian Yip Pin Xiu clinching her second gold medal of the meet while 23-year-old Danielle Moi captured her first series medal. The 31-year-old Yip, who...
Toh Wei Soong with his bronze medal at the the Citi World Para Swimming World Series 2023 Melbourne. PHOTO: SINGAPORE DISABILITY SPORTS COUNCIL
Siblings Sophie and Colin Soon, both visually impaired, also made a splash with a gold and bronze medal respectively.Toh, 24, said: “Coming off a great training camp in Gold Coast, there are many things I am in the process of refining right now... I am confident that with races further into the season, I would be able to integrate what I’ve learnt from this training camp and get better from here.”
Yip added: “All of these meets that are happening in the next one and a half years will be in preparation for the Paris Paralympics... We will continue to work really hard and improve ourselves in training, to get to our goals in Paris 2024.” The Para Swimming World Series Australia is the opening leg of the competition that travels to nine countries in 2023, including Singapore from April 29 to May 1. The Singapore team will skip the March 9-12 stop in Italy but will compete in the Great Britain leg a week later.
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