Yip Pin Xiu continued her tune-up for her Paralympic title defence by claiming gold at the Para Swimming European Open Championships in Madeira, Portugal, on April 23.

The 32-year-old clocked 2min 17.20sec in the S2 100m backstroke to touch the wall first, ahead of neutral athlete Diana Koltsova (2:31.55), Italy’s Angela Procida (2:41.64) and four other European competitors.