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October 20, 1933, the Fifth national games came to an end. Yang Xiuqiong, a representative of Hong kong, won all the five golden medals of female swimming. This news called intensive attentions and her nickname "mermaid" became popular immediately. Yang led a fashion of "swim fever" among cosmopolitan young women. Painters of advertising posters began to depict women in swimming suits. The popularity of physical education for girls became a new trend in the modern time. For details you may refer to our research finding: Yu Chien-ming, On and Off the Playing Fields:A Modern History of Physical Education for Girls in Eastern China(1895-1937).
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