Considered a Chinese talent: collapse in the middle of the game: 17-year-old badminton player Zhang Zhi Jie is dead
A tragic accident overshadows the Asian Junior Championships: badminton player Zhang Zhi Jie (China) dies at the age of 17 after a collapse.
In the middle of the Asian Junior Badminton Championships, Chinese player Zhang Zhi Jie collapses and rescuers help the 17-year-old athlete. He is taken to hospital in critical condition. Sunday evening the sad certainty: Zhang is dead in the announcement of the Asian Badminton Association says: “The badminton world loses a talented player”.
Chinese Badminton Association mourns loss of young talent
In a message on About the cause of death nothing is known yet. Despite the death, the Asian Championships went ahead. Participants and officials remembered Zhang with a moment of silence.
Zhang Zhi Jie was ranked number one in the world junior rankings. In the spring of this year he took part in one of the most important U19 tournaments in Berlin.
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