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Lee Chong Wei's Doping Case to be Heard on April 11
The 32-year-old Lee Chong Wei faces a maximum two-year ban after he tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone at the World Championships in Copenhagen last August.
File Photo: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia hits a return against Kenichi Tago of Japan at the badminton 2014 Indonesia Open men singles semi-final match in Jakarta on June 21, 2014.© AFP
Kuala Lumpur:
Two-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei's doping case will be heard next month by a Badminton World Federation (BWF) panel, a senior Malaysian badminton official said on Tuesday.
Badminton Association of Malaysia deputy president Mohamad Norza Zakaria said a three-man panel from the BWF will hear the doping case on April 11 in Amsterdam, reports Xinhua.
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Norza said the BWF could decide on the former world No. 1 badminton player's case on the same day.
The 32-year-old Lee faces a maximum two-year ban after he tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone at the World Championships in Copenhagen last August.
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