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The Mermaid: How China’s First Female Olympian Paid the Price of Fame

Yeung Sau-king was the first female athlete to represent China at the 1936 Olympics (and also a journalist and spy), but not even medals could protect her from tabloid rumors and misogyny

游泳冠军 红(1)
FEMINISM, SPORTS

The Mermaid: How China’s First Female Olympian Paid the Price of Fame

Yeung Sau-king was the first female athlete to represent China at the 1936 Olympics (and also a journalist and spy), but not even medals could protect her from tabloid rumors and misogyny