Baiyin marathon accident in Gansu, *** caused 21 deaths, the scene of the disposal of the situation also touched the hearts of countless people in the country. Such a huge casualty situation, after the accident, Gansu Provincial Party Secretary Yin Hong immediately convened a special meeting to make arrangements for the rescue and disposal of work, and immediately start the emergency plan, the emergency response headquarters was urgently set up as well as on-site search and rescue, medical treatment, aftermath disposal, accident investigation, comprehensive coordination and other working groups, and quickly organize the forces to carry out rescue.
Not only that, the provincial governor Ren Zhenhe also led other provincial leaders rushed to the scene of the accident, personally on-site command. From the above arrangements, it is clear that the Gansu provincial party committee attaches great importance to the accident.
There were 172 athletes competing in the race***, but 21 died in the race, a death rate of 12 percent, which is enough to break the Guinness Book of Records for sports competitions. 21 young and vibrant lives were lost in this way, and people can't help but wonder whether the accident was man-made or caused by natural disasters.
I think that although the weather was the direct cause of the athletes' deaths, the unprofessionalism of the competition's organizers and the lack of care in their work were the major causes of the accident.
Before the race, there was a weather station to warn about the weather at the time of the race.The race was marred by extreme weather for the athletes, resulting in **** 21 athletes being killed. According to news reports, before the game, the local weather station had already made a forecast for the weather on the day of the game, suggesting that extreme weather might be encountered, but unfortunately, the weather forecast did not get the attention of the game organizers.
The race organizer's management and coordination efforts were not effective.We often see the marathon race is generally in the city, but this race is different from the general marathon, the length of this marathon race is 100 kilometers, the race is in the location is far away from the city of the busy area, and there is a longer distance of the track is in the wild mountains; in addition, this race is located in the city of Gansu Baiyin, the elevation of the city, the athletes are in the race in the state of high altitude, this is also a high altitude for the athletes. This is also a great test for the athletes.
Why didn't the race organizers do a good job of managing the event?
1, the marathon is usually a long distance, the test is the athletes' physical strength and endurance, in such a long distance race, the athletes' physical consumption will be very large, then it is necessary to timely supply the body, to provide energy for the athletes, but unfortunately, this race is not known to be the organizer of the negligence or other reasons, along the route of the supply point is very little.
2, most of the athletes in this race are on the high altitude road, long time in the high altitude state, it will cause plateau reaction, the body lack of oxygen. The main symptoms of plateau reaction are headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, chest tightness, panic, shortness of breath, etc. If they can not get timely treatment, the person will fall into a coma and may be life-threatening.
It is estimated that most athletes did not expect the race to be on a plateau, and should not have been able to cope with it in advance, while the organizers of the event apparently did not inform the situation in advance, which led to the athletes not being able to cope with it during the race.
3, but it can not be said that the management of the event organization are not doing. It is understood that at the beginning of the competition, the organizers arranged to give each athlete a towel, but most of the athletes in the state of receiving the towel is at a loss, they are not clear to give them this towel is for what purpose, but also for their race to increase the nuisance, which makes a lot of towels by the athletes to be discarded.
The race organizers had no contingency plan for unexpected situations.Such a large sporting event, and in the more complex environment of the game, the game organizers should be fully considered before the game, may appear in the game of the various emergencies, as well as the corresponding countermeasures. But from the process and results of the game, the game organizers obviously did not take into account these, these are the root causes of this tragedy.
The race caused a large number of casualties, and also had a more unfavorable social impact on Gansu Baiyin. Extreme weather is only a natural phenomenon, and there is no way we can change this for humans, but if we had been able to fully take into account all the factors before the race, and if we had been able to do a more detailed job during the race, this man-made accident could have been avoided.
The lesson of this accident is very painful, and there is no small lesson for the organizers of other races, but the cost of such a lesson is indeed too great. The aftermath is now being handled in an organized manner, and we hope that the deceased will rest in peace!