Kuniwa was hit! Officials confirmed that several Chinese players were infected and forced to give up $180,000 in prize money. According to the original plan of the Chinese badminton team, after competing in the German Open and the All England Open, it will participate in the Swiss Open, and the participation list has been released, including Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Wang Yilu/Huang Dongping and other famous players, but the day before the start of the tournament, the BWF confirmed the withdrawal of all Chinese badminton teams.
This year' BWF events have begun to resume, in order to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games, increase the experience of young players, and the need to compete for Tour points, chose to go to Europe at the beginning of this month, and won 2 gold and 3 silver in the German Open, and then Guoyu participated in the All England Open, but at the All England Open, Many players of the National Feather had cold and fever symptoms, and finally only won two silver medals. From the World Badminton Federation, the Chinese Badminton Association and other official releases of the news, the Chinese badminton team after arriving in Switzerland for nucleic acid testing, the result is that many players are positive, which means that some of the national badminton players have been infected, out of consideration for the health of all participating athletes, the national badminton finally decided to withdraw from the Swiss Open, but also gave up the competition for 180,000 US dollars in prize money.
Zhang Jun, head of the Badminton Association, said in an interview that now some athletes in the Chinese team have some symptoms and cannot continue to compete, after withdrawing from the Swiss Open, they will temporarily stay in Switzerland for rest and treatment, and then some of the team members will go to South Korea to participate in the Korean Open and the Korean Masters held in April, and the players without competition tasks will go to Chiang Mai, Thailand to train, and start preparing for the Tangyou Cup in May in advance, while the coaches and athletes who are training in China will also go to Thailand to meet most of them. Prepare for the Yu yu cup together. From Zhang Jun's statement, it is not difficult to see that there must be several team members infected inside the national feather, if you continue to participate in the whole team will bear a lot of risks, so you can only be forced to retire from the game to stay in place to rest, and after everyone's situation is stable, then send some team members to South Korea to compete, and the rest of the team members will go to Thailand to train.
Many fans have expressed concern about the current situation of The National Feather: "The athletes' physical health is the most important, plan the itinerary reasonably, let the players have plenty of rest time, recover physical strength and injuries, and prepare for the next event." "The British organization of events is not rigorous, irresponsible to athletes, resulting in many infections, the organizers should reflect, the national feathers should also be more precautionary." "Life is supreme, the epidemic is now, and some games can be abandoned." "No matter how you decide, I still hope that the players will take care of their health, and the champion has time to fight!"