SINGAPORE - National swimmer Yip Pin Xiu topped the women's S2 50m backstroke heats on Thursday (Sept 2) morning to qualify for the final, which is scheduled to take place at 6.01pm on the same day.

She clocked 1min 03.61sec at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre to finish quickest among nine swimmers across two heats, with Japan's Miyuki Yamada (1:09.44) coming in second and Mexico's Fabiola Ramirez (1:12.59) finishing third.