He spoke fluent English with a friendly tone.
Most importantly, he mentioned the term "sports medicine."
The concept of sports medicine had been around for a long time, of course. For instance, the International Federation of Sports Medicine was founded back in 1928.
But at that time, it was merely about combining medicine and sports, studying how to treat and prevent injuries that occurred in athletics.
It was only in recent years that it had entered a new stage of development, becoming highly integrated with medicine. Medical schools in the United States had only just begun to separate it into a specialized discipline.
For Yao Songping to bring up such a professional term right off the bat, it was clear he knew what he was talking about.
