World record holder Yip Pin Xiu got Singapore’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics on the first day of action on Wednesday (Aug 25), retaining her 100m backstroke (S2) crown from Rio 2016.

Swimming in lane four at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, she won the event in a dominant 2min 16.61sec, with the hosts’ Miyuki Yamada taking the silver in 2:26.18 and Mexico’s Fabiola Ramirez third in 2:36.54.