Pamakwikwi eOlympic akaitwa kuLondon muna 2012, Yip akakunda Sung Ji-hyun wokuSouth Korea, uyo aiva wechisere mumakwikwi acho. Ipapo Yip akapfuurira kusvika kumasere okupedzisira evakadzi vari voga mubadminton
pashure pokunge akunda Pi Hongyan wokuFrance ari pachinhanho chechi16 nemitambo miviri kuimwe, achikunda 13<unk>21, 21<unk>13, 21<unk>16. Yip akatarisana naLi Xuerui wokuChina, uyo akamukunda mumitambo miviri kuenda kune imwe. Kuita kwake kwakaenzana nokuita kwakanakisisa kwakaitwa nengarava yokuHong Kong paMitambo yeOlympic.