The 17-year-old national feather genius Zhang Zhijie died after fainting in the game, and the news was transmitted back to China, which made countless netizens feel sorry.
Zhang Zhijie fainted during the match against the Japanese team
On June 30, the mixed team competition of the 2024 Asian Youth Badminton Championships held in Indonesia ushered in the third day of the competition.
A total of 15 teams participated in the mixed team competition, with China in Group D along with Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
On the afternoon of the 30th, the Chinese team competed with the Japanese team, and Zhang Zhijie was a member of the Chinese team participating in the men's singles event.
In the third game of the group stage between China and Japan, Zhang Zhijie played against Japan's Kazuma KAWANO.
However, just after 17 minutes of playing in the first game, the score was 11-11, and Zhang Zhijie suddenly fell to the ground when he was just adjusting his state and preparing to receive the ball.
At this time, Zhang Zhijie had not lost consciousness, his limbs could still move, and the coach saw Zhang Zhijie faint and immediately entered the field to check the situation, but was stopped by the referee.
More than ten seconds passed, Zhang Zhijie did not get up, and everyone felt that there was an accident, and the event doctor and medical team hurriedly entered the stadium to rescue.
However, judging from the video, the medical team of the event obviously lacked professionalism and relevant experience, and for two minutes, it was only treated as an ordinary syncope, without any cardiopulmonary resuscitation action.
Two minutes later, Zhang Zhijie was picked up by ambulance, and unfortunately died at 23:20 that night due to ineffective rescue.
Zhang Zhijie's family situation was exposed: his father died early, and he loved to play badminton since he was a child
Zhang Zhijie is a true badminton prodigy, and at the age of 17, he has already won many domestic awards.
For example, he won the men's singles championship and men's team championship in Group B of the 2023 National Youth Badminton Championships, and the men's team champion in Group B of the 2024 National Youth Badminton Championships.
In the impression of us ordinary people, a genius teenager like this should have a very good family environment and received a good education from an early age.
However, Zhang Zhijie's family situation is the opposite, even more tragic than many ordinary families.
On January 30, 2007, Zhang Zhizhuo was born in an ordinary family in Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, with his parents who love him and an older sister who loves him.
But unfortunately, when Zhang Zhijie was very young, his father died, and his mother raised the siblings alone.
When he was a child, Zhang Zhijie had a great interest in badminton, starting from the kindergarten class to contact badminton, and then being sent to the Zhejiang provincial team, Zhang Zhijie explained what it means to be a genius.
As soon as the university guarantee certificate was sent home, his alma mater responded: It was a pity that he was in the time for the results
Fate has never favored Zhang Zhijie, his father died when he was a child, and now he is just about to create brilliance in the sports world, but his age is forever fixed at the age of 17.
Zhang Zhijie's experience is distressing, his tenacity is admirable, and his mother is a great mother.
In the face of such bad news, I really can't imagine how sad Zhang Zhijie's sister and mother must be.
Zhang Zhijie's sister was very sad when she learned of her brother's death, and she wrote: Zhang Zhijie, you are only 17 years old, and you only sent home your certificate of escort to university yesterday.
It turned out that Zhang Zhijie had been escorted by the university, but such an excellent athlete would never have the opportunity to go to college again.
Zhang Zhijie's alma mater, the teachers of Jiaxing Junior Sports School also felt very sorry for Zhang Zhijie's death, they said, "Zhang Zhijie is so young, it is the time to make achievements, I didn't expect a sudden accident, it's a pity."
Zhang Zhijie's unexpected death is unacceptable to us, but as of now, the cause of his death has still not been announced, and we look forward to the truth.