NPR: Fu Yuanhui https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=490349569 Fu Yuanhui en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 02:16:40 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Fu Yuanhui https://www.npr.org/tags/490349569/fu-yuanhui A Swimmer's 'Period' Comment Breaks Taboos In Sports — And In China When Olympian Fu Yuanhui said "my period started last night," she shed light on shifting attitudes toward menstruation in her homeland. Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:53:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/08/17/490121285/a-swimmers-period-comment-breaks-taboos-in-sports-and-in-china https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/08/17/490121285/a-swimmers-period-comment-breaks-taboos-in-sports-and-in-china

When Olympian Fu Yuanhui said "my period started last night," she shed light on shifting attitudes toward menstruation in her homeland.

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