The Chinese Badminton Federation on Monday expressed its condolences after the death of Zhang Zhijie, a promising 17-year-old player for the Chinese national team, during a match at the Asian Youth Championships Badminton in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta.
Zhang, born on January 30, 2007, He fainted suddenly on June 30 during the final group stage match. of the tournament held in the city, located in the center of the island of Java, the most populated in Indonesia.
Organizers reported that, despite immediate rescue efforts by the Chinese team and tournament medical staff, Zhang died in a hospital at 4:20 p.m.
The Chinese Badminton Association expressed its “deep pain” and extended its condolences to the family of the young athlete, also thanking the support received from various sectors of society.
The young man, originally from Jiaxing (Zhejiang province, China), He entered the youth national team in 2023 and had achieved numerous titlesincluding the men’s singles championship and the team championship in Group B of the 2023 and 2024 Badminton Junior Championships in China.
The incident has sparked criticism and debate on social media in the Asian giant about the effectiveness of the medical response during the event.
Bystanders and medical professionals have questioned the lack of use of automated external defibrillators and on-site CPR.
For its part, a statement published by the Asian Badminton Federation and the Indonesian Badminton Association stated that Zhang Zhijie “was taken by the available emergency ambulance and transferred to the hospital in less than two minutes,” but that “unfortunately he was not “He managed to save the young man’s life.”
At present, the local hospital has not yet identified the cause of death and the investigation continues.
2024-07-01 07:17:58
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