Hearing Chen Cang say that, there was not much of a reaction from everyone.
Disappointment?
Perhaps everyone was used to it!
Occupational diseases mostly only shorten their careers, but Marfan syndrome could discount their lifespan.
In fact, Tian Zhengkai was not the only patient with Marfan syndrome around them.
Ninety-five percent of athletes with Marfan syndrome die from cardiovascular complications.
One of the most well-known victims was Haiman, one of the biggest rivals of American female volleyball player Lang Ping, who died suddenly on the court in 1986 due to a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm—a severe complication from Marfan syndrome.
This "death list" of the disease also includes more names from the sports circle: Han Pengshan, a Chinese male basketball player, died suddenly in 1984;
Zhu Gang, a Sichuan volleyball player, died suddenly in 2001;