once retired from the team due to heart surgery, the legendary Cai Yun mourned Zhang Zhijie: extremely sad, Guoyu lost his talent

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2024-07-01 09:30Creators in the field of sports

On July 1, Beijing time, the Asian Badminton Federation and the Indonesian Badminton Association issued an announcement saying that Zhang Zhijie, a rising star of Chinese badminton men's singles, fainted in the mixed team competition representing the Chinese team in the 2024 Asian Youth Badminton Championships, and then died in the hospital at the age of 17.

Cai Yun, the legendary national feather men's doubles player, also posted a message on his personal social media for the first time to mourn this junior, Cai Yun wrote heartbrokenly: "I am extremely sad to see such news early, the Chinese badminton team has lost an excellent young man, and the parents have lost a good son forever, I hope the deceased will rest in peace!" ”

Cai Yun also revealed that he had also encountered heart problems. He withdrew from the national team after the 2001 National Games, and underwent cardiac radiofrequency ablation at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in January 2002, recovering for most of the year, and only returned to the national team in July. Obviously, Cai Yun also used her own story and Zhang Zhijie's tragedy to tell everyone that the health of athletes should be concerned and valued, and efforts should be made to improve the first aid facilities and medical equipment of the event organizers.

Born in 1980, Cai Yun is a Chinese badminton men's doubles legend, and he and Fu Haifeng have helped the Chinese team win the gold medal in men's doubles at the London Olympics and the silver medal in men's doubles at the Beijing Olympics.

In 2000, shortly after Cai Yun entered the national first team, he was found to have an extra side branch of his heart than others, and he almost retired. In 2002, Cai Yun returned to the national team after completing cardiac radiofrequency ablation surgery. On June 24, 2016, Cai Yun announced his retirement before the Rio Olympics.

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