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Lee upbeat ahead of dope ruling
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WORLD No. 1 Lee Chong Wei is confident his name will be cleared following his provisional suspension by the sport’s governing body (BWF) for an anti-doping violation.
Speaking in Bangkok yesterday, Lee said he was not at fault and would wait for a BWF panel decision next month.
“I am very confident that this case is not my fault,” Lee told a news conference for an upcoming exhibition match in Thailand. “I must stay strong.
“I’m waiting to hear good results next month.”
Lee, who won silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, faces a two-year ban should he fail with his appeal.
The Malaysian would also be stripped of the silver medal he won at the world championships in August in Copenhagen, the location of the failed test. Lee was found to have traces of the banned anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone in his system.
Meanwhile, former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat has warned other shuttlers to take extra care over their diet and supplements.
The retired Indonesian said Lee probably took the banned substance by mistake, but that he should still have been aware of what was going into his body. “I just can’t believe it. I’m not sure that he did it on purpose. Maybe there was a mistake when he was receiving medication for his injury,” Taufik told the Jakarta Globe.
“A world-class player like Chong Wei should have known what he consumed, what went into his body.”
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