PUTRAJAYA: Lee Chong Wei’s positive dope test can’t be compared to the cases of Ben Johnson or Lance Armstrong as the substance found in the shuttler’s urine sample was a medical steroid to aid athletes' rehabilitation said Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (pic).
"I want to stress this is not a performance enhancing drug. It shouldn't affect (public) perception of badminton (in Malaysia). This is not Ben Johnson or Lance Armstrong," he told reporters after the launch of the Genexter Forum here Saturday, adding that it was an "unfortunate, isolated case".
