Top-ranked Lee feels more pressure in final Olympics bid


This picture taken on July 8, 2016 shows Malaysian badminton player Lee Chong Wei training for the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia's badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei takes a final shot at Olympic gold in Rio, desperate to erase past disappointments and a doping episode that blot one of the great badminton careers. / AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA / TO GO WITH STORY M. Jegathesan

RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil): Badminton’s veteran world number one Lee Chong Wei said Sunday he is feeling the pressure ahead of his final bid for an elusive Olympic gold medal.

Malaysia’s Lee lost the last two Olympic finals to his arch-rival Lin Dan of China. And at 33, he knows Rio will be his last shot at Games gold.

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