The Swiss Open Badminton Tournament kicked off yesterday, and in a routine nucleic acid test after arriving in basel, some of the Chinese badminton team's athletes tested positive. In order to protect the health of athletes, the Chinese Badminton Association decided that the Chinese badminton team would collectively withdraw from the Swiss Open Badminton Championships.
In 2022, the BWF fully resumed all competitions, in order to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games, increase the experience of athletes, and compete for Tour points, the Chinese badminton team set off from China to Europe at the beginning of this month, won 2 gold and 3 silver in the German Open, and then rushed to the All England Open. After two consecutive races, some team members have symptoms such as colds and fevers, and their competitive status and physical functions have declined.
Under the unexpected situation, the Chinese Badminton Association launched an emergency plan for the first time, and will provide full support and guarantee for the team from the aspects of medical treatment, psychology and life. In order to be responsible for the health of all participating athletes and staff, the Chinese Badminton Association made the decision to withdraw collectively from the Swiss Open.
Before this departure to Europe, As before the departure to the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Soviet Cup and the World Championships, Kuniwa conducted the corresponding epidemic prevention material preparation and epidemic prevention mobilization meeting. This time, it has been training overseas for half a year, and the team has also made corresponding preparations and emergency plans.
However, unlike the previous three competitions, the Olympic Games, the World Championships and other events were closed-loop management, and there were still relevant epidemic prevention measures in the places where they were held. However, since the start of this year's All England Open, the epidemic prevention means and the epidemic prevention policy of the competition site have almost all been revoked. Since February this year, the United Kingdom has become the first country to completely liberalize its epidemic prevention policy, and the operation of the All England Competition has also resumed the pre-epidemic situation accordingly, including only one nucleic acid test on the day of arrival in the competition area, the participants can go to the venue by themselves, and the spectators can enter normally and do not have to wear masks.
In such a big environment, Guoyu has made a lot of measures to deal with it, such as in Mülheim, Germany, the team contacted the local Chinese restaurant to order food to the apartment to reduce going out; the All England competition field and the audience seat did not have a partition, and the team asked the team members to minimize contact after the game and not interact closely with the audience. It is understood that there are other teams staying in the hotel where Guoyu is located in Birmingham, and the hotel uses a central air conditioning system.
After the All England match, many players from other teams have also been confirmed to be infected with the virus, including South Korea's Ahn Hyun-yaw, Singapore's Luo Jianyou, Thailand's Benjapa, etc., and nearly 50 players have retired from the Swiss Open. In the general environment, the pressure of the team to prevent the epidemic is huge, and it is impossible to prevent it.
At present, the team is resting in Basel, and the team members who have previously tested positive for nucleic acid are mild, and have improved significantly after resting. In the special new Olympic cycle, Guoyu chose to take the risk of going out to participate in the competition, and strive to use good results to return the attention and support of the majority of fans, but some team members had no choice but to be infected, which undoubtedly put forward higher requirements for Guoyu's epidemic prevention measures in an extremely severe epidemic environment, and it is worth summarizing the gains and losses of epidemic prevention in the past two weeks.
For the soldiers who fought abroad, their desire to win glory for the country in health was self-evident. At present, the most important problems they need to overcome are not only physical, but also psychological. It is believed that after treatment and recovery adjustment, the Chinese team will return to the field in better shape.