The teenager who fought against fate took his beloved basketball to heaven

On April 30, 2022, at 13:00, 31-year-old former CUBA player Altai from Shihezi University in Xinjiang died of cardiac arrest during the game.

The news of Altai's departure was not spread through the major media in China until May 5, and everyone sighed for his basketball career while regretting and sad, and even more moved by his spirit of fighting against fate with basketball.

The teenager who once appeared on CCTV did not play professional games or play the CUBA National Tournament after all, but he never gave up basketball, and basketball never gave up on him...

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Altai is just a very ordinary member of the CUBA players, although he averaged 16.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in his four seasons in the Northwest Division, although he was selected for the CUBA dunk game and was a tough player in the Northwest Division, but the height of 192cm must play the 3rd and 4th positions, and it has long been doomed to be difficult to break into the professional arena.

Of course, the love of basketball should not be based on the level of high, Altai's inspirational story was reported by CCTV-5's Basketball Park 6 years ago.

In people's impressions, basketball masters on college campuses are often as dashing and confident as The Slam Dunk Master's Ryukawa Kaede and Sendo Akira, but there are many people who love basketball not because this sport can make him more handsome and charming, becoming a handsome teenager sought after by thousands of people;

It's because the sport helped them find themselves — basketball saved their lives.

Altai, 25, told his story with a smile, and the huge birthmark that stretched from the eye socket to the corner of his mouth once made him extremely unconfident and afraid to communicate with people.

Not many people can really empathize with how much coldness the teenager has suffered before he learns to be relieved with the real world.

It was basketball that saved him from the haze, and Altai on the court played freely and unleashed his basketball talents, so he found a foothold in social life, and people began to re-understand him from his performance on the court.

Altai, who embraces basketball, throws away his inferiority and confusion, decorates himself with a knowing smile, and warms others.

Fans who have watched his games are infected by him, saying that whether it is scoring or fouling, whether it is a teammate's mistake or facing a controversial penalty, his face is always a faint smile.

The one on the pitch was the most real, a happy, innocent, pure Mongolian teenager.

How much bitterness is hidden behind the smile, people can only taste it from his experience.

Born in Barclays Village, Forty-Mile Chengzi Town, Yanqi County, Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Altai did not live in a rich place, especially 10 or 20 years ago.

Teenagers who like basketball can't be as carefree as children in big cities, dragging their parents to buy the best sneakers and the most handsome jerseys, and then wearing full-body equipment to go to the rainproof stadium for training classes.

The love of sports and the yearning for basketball in the poor deserts of the northwest require them to pay a price that most of their peers cannot imagine.

In order to supplement the family, in order to save money to buy favorite basketball shoes, Altai began to work outside early, to the hardest construction sites, to the crowded restaurants, with hard work and sweat in exchange for many peers can enjoy every day, and even abandon the life.

The conditions are too poor, the academic performance is not ideal, Altai failed to be admitted to the university after the college entrance examination, his life has returned to the original track of part-time work, and the basketball dream can only be a luxury for him.

Basketball did not fail Altai, and when he was most confused, Hu Jiang, the coach of the Shihezi University men's basketball team, found him.

Hu Jiang, who has no children under his knees, treats the team members as his own children, and he rescues this extremely physical basketball teenager from a frustrated life, so that he finally embarks on the right track of CUBA after going through twists and turns.

Shihezi University is not a strong CUBA team, and Altai has not been able to lead the team out of the Northwest Division in his 4 years here;

Shihezi University did not achieve all of Altai's basketball dreams, but this team began to enter the CUBA in 2013 with team cohesion, sprinting all the way to the top 8 of the division for two consecutive years; after graduating from Altai University in 2016, his Yanqi County compatriot and student Ye Zhengwen (now playing for the CBA Ningbo Fubon Rocket Club) finally completed his dream instead of him.

Basketball changed Altai's life, from a poor kid who couldn't afford shoes and didn't have a chance to play to a star in cuba dunks.

Because of basketball, he went to college and found a job before graduation, and he no longer had to worry about basketball shoes or worry about three meals a day.

"I didn't play enough"

This is a summary of Altai's CUBA career, which may be the regret of many college players, who do not have so much basketball talent and may not be able to enter the professional league even if they try their best.

Graduation is retirement, most people's basketball stories end here, dreams will eventually be replaced by bland commuting, and finally only after drinking and eating, a sentence, want to be that year...

"I will continue to maintain my hobby of basketball when I go to work, and I will definitely stick to it forever, because basketball is a part of my life."

The cruelty of life finally exceeded our expectations, and 6 years later, the former teenager once again appeared in the public eye, but it was such painful bad news.

Love basketball, love life, may heaven also have the basketball he loves.

May you and I walk through half a life, and do not regret that teenagers have dreams.

East Super Tips

How to prevent sudden sports death?

1. People who like to exercise check their hearts and brains

Most of the sudden death of sports have heart diseases, such as myocarditis, ventricular wall thinness, heart hypertrophy, etc., and these people often do not know that they have heart disease, which is due to the fact that it is difficult to be found in ordinary physical examinations, and they will treat themselves as completely healthy people to participate in various strenuous sports and competitive competitions, sudden death is like a time bomb that may explode anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, people who like to exercise and have the conditions are best to have a comprehensive examination of cardiopulmonary function.

If chest tightness, shortness of breath, palpitation, headache, nausea and other symptoms often occur during exercise, exercisers should focus on cardiovascular and cerebral examination.

2. Exercise intensity is skillfully mastered

The pulse of low-intensity exercise is less than 100 beats per minute, the medium intensity is 130 to 150 times, and the high intensity is more than 150 times.

Medium and low intensity exercise is generally recommended, and if the heartbeat per minute of the elderly is more than 170- the age number should be noted, if the data rises by another 10%, there is a danger.

3. Pre-exercise logistical monitoring

Monitoring changes in pulse before and after exercise is a simple and easy means of monitoring exercise intensity.

In general, the pulse after low-intensity exercise should return to normal 5 to 10 minutes after exercise, moderate intensity is 20 to 30 minutes, and high intensity is 30 to 60 minutes.

People with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases or other serious diseases should engage in physical exercise under the guidance of a doctor or exercise specialist.

How to give priority to cardiac arrest?

On the mainland, 1 person dies suddenly from cardiac arrest every minute.

Cardiac arrest patients have a 10% drop in resuscitation success for every 1 minute of delayed rescue; more than 6 minutes will cause serious injuries, even if they wake up, they will become vegetative; and after 10 minutes, the patient will basically lose hope.

Although sudden cardiac death is fierce, ordinary people can save lives if they can master basic first aid knowledge.

The following is to introduce the five-step method of rescuing cardiac arrest -

Step 1: Once a sudden death patient is found, the first witness should shout for help to find a helper or professional ambulance personnel and immediately call 120.

Step 2: Open the patient's airway within 10 seconds – place the patient on his back on solid flat ground, undo the blouse and tie, remove the foreign body from the mouth and nose, kneel beside the patient, put the left hand on the patient's forehead, and put the right hand against the patient's chin, so that the patient's chin is as high as possible to open the patient's airway.

Step 3: Carry out mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration - pinch the patient's nose, completely wrap the patient's mouth with the mouth and blow 2 breaths, each blowing time should be more than 1 second, pause between 2 breaths for 3 to 4 seconds, and release the fingers when stopping.

Step 4: Carry out chest cardiac compressions for the patient - find the location of the patient's heart, the palms of the two hands overlap, ten fingers are interlocked, with the help of the strength of the entire body vertically downward even force, so that the patient's sternum sinks by about 4 cm, continuous compression 30 times (time is about 20 seconds).

Step 5: Artificial respiration and compressions should be performed alternately and repeatedly until a medical worker arrives at the scene or the patient's respiratory heartbeat resumes.

Copyright notice: The text is mainly from "The Nest of Wood Seven" and has been greatly modified, the original title is "Altai who fights against fate with basketball, may heaven also have basketball!" The original author is Mu Qi; the picture is from the screenshot of the website. If you have any doubts about copyright, please deal with it immediately, and if other media or self-media need to reprint, please communicate in advance.

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