Viktor Axelsen blames badminton world body for not listening to players, mental health concerns

Axelsen past spoke astir the satellite body’s reluctance to supply breaks oregon leeways to its ‘Top committed players’, who mightiness beryllium struggling financially oregon mentally.

“What has particularly upset maine precocious is the handling of Beiwen Zhang’s case. She is struggling mentally and financially, but she has nary prime but to proceed playing due to the fact that “mental health” is not a bully capable crushed to debar the obligations for “Top Committed Players.

I person perfectly nary request to "beef" with BWF, but I'm truthful bushed of the disconnect betwixt players and BWF.

Everything needs to spell done the Federation, but I'm an idiosyncratic jock with my ain team, making my ain decisions!

Some players are blessed to beryllium successful the federation.…

— Viktor Axelsen (@ViktorAxelsen) December 4, 2024

“If we arsenic a athletics don’t instrumentality intelligence wellness seriously, past wherever are we heading? I admit what the enactment Athlete Committee is doing, but I’m precise sorry, but we person perfectly nary powerfulness to alteration thing arsenic the concern is now, and the lone mode BWF volition perceive is that we arsenic players talk up.

Axelsen besides said that the crushed helium was speaking retired publically was owed to the powerfulness the federations held and however players’ volition was being pushed speech by the powers to be.

“Many players are frightened to speech publicly, which is understandable, fixed the powerfulness Federations have. But I person a responsibility. For existent players and aboriginal generations. And I’m not going to not talk my mind!!! And besides YOU, the fans. Deserve to cognize what is going on,” wrote Axelsen. “Without the enactment from each you astir the world, we are nothing, and it’s clip we each admit this. We request to enactment together, and we arsenic players request to beryllium heard. BWF has galore bully things to bash to turn our sport, but we could bash truthful overmuch amended together.”