Lee Chong Wei identified as athlete who failed drug test

PETALING JAYA: Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia’s darling of badminton, has been reported by The Star Online as the top athlete who failed a recent drug test.

Lee was picked at random to be tested for drugs after a tournament recently and expressed his utter shock when informed later that he had failed the test.

He had requested a second test be carried out for the “B” sample 16 days later, the results of which have not been made known yet.

Earlier Bernama reported that the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) would not tolerate any athlete testing positive for drugs.

Saying athletes could not go on blaming their coaches or medical specialists when they failed drug tests, Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said it was up to the athletes themselves to ensure the food, supplements and treatments they took were free of substances banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Khairy also said the ministry upheld its “zero tolerance” policy when it came to the issue of doping among athletes.

He reiterated this in light of an investigation now being conducted by the National Sports Institute (ISN) and the Malaysian Anti-Doping Agency (Adamas) regarding the case.

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