Para-swimmer Toh Wei Soong clinched silver in the men's 400m freestyle, Singapore's first medal in the 2023 Asian Para Games.
Toh finished second with 5:12.15 on Oct. 24, CNA reported.
Toh's 4th Asian Games medal since 2018
Toh's silver in the S7 category is his fourth Asiad medal since 2018. Asiad is another term for the Asian Games.
S7 is one of the para-swimming classifications used to differentiate swimmers based on their level of disability. Swimmers in this class have high-functioning arms and trunk, but limited leg function.
In the last 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, the para-swimmer won two gold and one bronze. He has transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder which has caused his limited leg functions, .
More recently, at the 2023 Asean Para Games in Cambodia, Toh set two new Games records in the 50m and 100m freestyle events in the S7 category. He won a total of five medals: three gold and two silver.
Para-table tennis & lawn bowl teams won 1 silver & 2 bronze
Later on Oct. 24, para-table tennis player and paralytic Claire Toh Shumin won the joint bronze medal with Thailand in the women's singles semi-final. China secured gold, while South Korea took silver.
On Oct. 25, polio survivor Faridah Salleh and left leg amputee Khirmern Mohamad won one silver and one bronze in the women's singles B6 and the men's singles B7 respectively.
So far, Singapore has hauled in two silvers and two bronzes in the games.
Swimmers Sophie Soon and Yip Pin Xiu are not competing in the current games because of insufficient competitors, The Straits Times reported on Oct. 18. Their events have been cancelled.
A total of 33 para-athletes will be competing at the games from Oct. 22 to 28. They are representing Singapore across nine spots - archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, lawn bowls, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, and table tennis.
Top image from Singapore Disability Sports Council/Facebook and Team Singapore/Facebook.