On July 1, Beijing time, the Asian Badminton Association and the Indonesian Badminton Association issued a statement that Chinese teenager Zhang Zhijie suddenly fainted in last night's game, and was sent to the hospital and died at 23:23 local time. (The statement did not elaborate on the cause of Zhang Zhijie's death)
Zhang Zhijie's sister revealed her dissatisfaction on social media:
1. Watching the live broadcast in the afternoon, Zhijie fell down, had a few convulsions in the middle, he still had vital signs, and he looked up, but after a long wait, the medical staff arrived;
2. We kept contacting the coach, and we only got in touch at 9:30 p.m., and learned that the last hope was to be transferred to the hospital, and the result was that we were told that we had died;
3. We can accept your rescue at the first time, but you say that the local medical conditions are too poor, and we will not accept it.
Some fans shouted to the BWF: It is because of your problems that the lives of people have come to an abrupt end, and there are no basic first aid measures for this level of competition.
Zhang Zhijie immediately appeared on the hot search - "netizens questioned that Zhang Zhijie was not treated in time", "Zhang Zhijie died", "Zhang Zhijie's sister questioned the lack of timely rescue" all appeared on the hot search.
Judging from the live Reuters video, Zhang Zhijie was indeed convulsive when he fell, although the coach appeared on the stage to let the medical staff get on quickly, and the referee on the scene also asked the coach not to enter the field, and waited for a while for a few staff members who were suspected of being medical personnel to come slowly, but no emergency measures were taken.
Some media said that AED and artificial cardiopulmonary resuscitation were not seen, and the specific reason is unknown, waiting for further notification.
Zhang Zhijie is only 17 years old, he will enter the national youth in 2023, the men's singles champion of the 15-year-old group in the U15-17 finals of the 2022 National U Series Badminton Competition, the men's singles champion and men's team champion in Group B of the 2023 National Youth Badminton Championships, the men's singles champion in the 2024 Dutch Youth Badminton International Championships, and the men's team champion in Group B of the 2024 National Youth Badminton Championships have a bright future.
"Life Times" interviewed medical experts and gave some data and causes of sudden sports-induced death: mainland scholars have analyzed 374 sports-related sudden deaths in Guangdong from 2007~2021 and found that basketball (34.5%), running (19.5%) and badminton (12%) ranked among the top three.
Exercise itself is not a major contributor to sudden death, the key is the following:
1. People who love sports think that they have good physical fitness, strong athletic ability, and often neglect physical examinations, if there is an underlying disease that is not detected and diagnosed early, it may lead to sudden death due to exercise, and the potential disease with the highest risk is heart disease.
2. Due to work and life reasons, the vast majority of people participate in sports mainly after work, and some people are physically and mentally exhausted at this time, and it is easy to induce accidents when they suddenly exercise vigorously.
3. Long-term bad habits, such as smoking, drinking, staying up late, stress, etc.
4. Basketball, running and badminton have a high popularity rate and a large number of participants in the mainland, so the number of sports accidents will naturally increase.
Text/Yan Xiaobai: Comprehensive observation