23 athletes competed at the Olympics, while 10 para-athletes featured at the Paralympics.
Kitefoiler Maximilian Maeder and swimmer Yip Pin Xiu both competed and won Olympic medals for Singapore in the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
Paying tribute to the efforts of the Team Singapore athletes, Mr Tong said: “Not all our Olympians and Paralympians present today won a medal in Paris, but they are all winners. They have all fought hard in the toughest of arenas, and pushed themselves above and beyond their limits.
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