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Yip Pin Xiu: Swimming for gold

Singapore鈥檚 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鈥檚 team. And it was the first time ever that Singapore鈥檚 national anthem had been played in an Olympic arena.

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