Grief, Lin Dan's teammate China's 31-year-old badminton star died suddenly, and his father was a former well-known national player
It's too unexpected, there has been sad news in the Chinese sports world recently. Former Chinese badminton star Xiaoyu, who had worked with Lin Dan to win the national team championship, was suddenly confirmed to have died. And Yu Xiaoyu just got married in October.
Just recently, a piece of news came from Lingshui, Hainan Province, which made the Chinese sports circle very sad. Yu Xiaoyu, a 31-year-old former Chinese badminton player, drowned while swimming. It is understood that Yu Xiaoyu started swimming and finally drowned and sank to the bottom, and the whole process took less than 10 minutes. After the news broke, his family was completely devastated, and they spent the day in tears.
When it comes to Yu Xiaoyu, it is estimated that this famous post-90s general may not be very familiar. Indeed, if you are not a badminton fan, you will indeed be relatively unfamiliar with Xiaoyu. However, in the field of badminton, Yu Xiaoyu still has a high reputation. Even if he doesn't know Yu Xiaoyu, he is definitely very familiar with his father's name. Yu Xiaoyu's father, Yu Binglong, is not only a very good badminton player, but also a very famous badminton coach.
At a very young age, Yu Binglong gave professional guidance to Xiaoyu and passed on his talent to his son. And Yu Xiaoyu did not disappoint his father, he grew up quickly all the way, and finally became an excellent badminton player. When Xiaoyu was at his highlightest, he naturally cooperated with world badminton superstar Lin Dan to win the championship of the National Badminton Team Championships. In this competition, Yu Xiaoyu also won a bonus of 100,000 yuan. In addition, Yu Xiaoyu partnered with Xia Huan in 2015 and won the mixed doubles runner-up in the New Zealand Badminton Golden Grand Prix.
Like his father, Yu Xiaoyu also started his coaching career after retiring, serving as a badminton coach and later as the head coach of the Anhui badminton team. In October this year, Yu Xiaoyu and his girlfriend entered the palace of marriage. Before enjoying the sweetness of being newly married, he quickly devoted himself to his career because he had to actively prepare for the competition, training with the team to prepare for the competition.
This time, he went to Hainan with the team for training, and after training, Yu Xiaoyu took time to go swimming. Unexpectedly, an accident happened, from swimming to drowning, it took less than 10 minutes. This sad news made Yu Xiaoyu's family very sad and completely broke their originally peaceful life. According to relevant sources, after Yu Xiaoyu got married, he and his wife originally planned to give birth to a baby next year. However, this sudden news has made all previous plans come to naught. Yu Xiaoyu's sudden death is a huge loss for China's badminton industry. And the occurrence of this tragedy also reminds people to pay attention to safety.