Lee Chong Wei's 8-month suspension ends 30 April (updated)


National singles shuttler Lee Chong Wei in training last week. - Filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: The BWF has released a statement via its website on Monday that Malaysian badminton player, Lee Chong Wei, has received an eight-month sanction for an anti-doping regulation violation.

As was expected, the penalty has been backdated to the “date of sample collection, thereby ending his sanction on 30 April, 2015, and making Chong Wei eligible to resume his badminton career on Friday 1 May, 2015."

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