China's Fu Yuanhui attends the awarding ceremony of women's 100m backstroke swimming final at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 8, 2016. Fu Yuanhui won the bronze medal with 58.76 seconds. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
"洪荒少女"坦言遭遇"大姨妈"引热议
Rio 2016: Support as China's Fu Yuanhui breaks period taboo
"洪荒少女"傅园慧毫不避讳,再次耿直发言.然后,全世界都知道她来例假了.北京时间8月14日上午,女子4×100米混合泳接力比赛,中国队获得了第四名.赛后,一脸痛苦的傅园慧坦言自己"大姨妈"来访,发挥欠佳.问为啥生理期还能下水的盆友,你听说过卫生棉条吗？
Competing in the Olympics is stressful at the best of times - but imagine doing so while having your period.
参加奥运比赛,即使在最佳状态下也会压力山大——可若是处在生理期呢？
Fu Yuanhui, one of China's swimming stars, became an overnight social media sensation thanks to her frank post-race interviews and exaggerated expressions.
中国游泳队小将傅园慧因赛后采访中的耿直言论和夸张表情迅速走红社交媒体.
Now, she's become a talking point online again - for breaking a sporting taboo by talking about her period.
这次,她又打破体坛禁忌,谈论自己的生理期,再次引爆网络话题.
China missed out on a medal in the women's 4x100m medley relay on Sunday, coming fourth.
周日的女子4x100米混合泳接力赛,中国队获得第四名,未能登上领奖台.
After the match, team-mates Lu Ying, Shi Jinglin and Zhu Menghui were interviewed by a reporter - but Fu was initially nowhere to be found.
赛后,队员陆滢、史婧琳和朱梦慧接受了采访,而傅园慧则不见踪影.
It turns out she was crouched behind a board, doubled over in pain.
后来发现,她蹲在广告牌后痛苦地蜷缩着.
When the journalist asked her (in Chinese) if she was OK, Fu said: "I didn't swim well enough this time," and apologised to her team-mates.
记者问她还好吗,傅园慧说："这次没有游好."还向队友表示歉意.
"It's because my period came yesterday, so I felt particularly tired - but this isn't a reason, I still didn't swim well enough."
"我昨天来例假了,所以感觉特别累.但这也不是理由,还是自己没游好."
It was a poignant moment for many Chinese viewers, who took to social media to express their support for her.
