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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Khairy met athlete at centre of doping scandal, says daily

TV3 and The Star newspaper on Tuesday identified badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei as the Malaysian athlete who tested positive for a banned substance during a random drug test. The youth and sports minister was said to have met Lee recently. – AFP pic, October 23, 2014.TV3 and The Star newspaper on Tuesday identified badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei as the Malaysian athlete who tested positive for a banned substance during a random drug test. The youth and sports minister was said to have met Lee recently. – AFP pic, October 23, 2014.
Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin met with the Malaysian athlete currently embroiled in a doping scandal, Utusan Malaysia reported today.
The Umno mouthpiece reported Khairy as saying that the athlete has given his full cooperation to the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Malaysian Anti-Doping Agency.
"When I met the athlete, he was shocked after discovering that his urine sample had come back positive," Khairy was quoted as saying by Utusan.
On Tuesday, a TV station and newspaper identified badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei as the Malaysian athlete who tested positive for a banned substance during a random drug test.
Utusan Malaysia quoted a source from the Badminton Association of Malaysia as saying the athlete who tested positive had recently won a medal at the Incheon Asian Games.
However, Khairy said if the athlete had indeed tested positive for drugs, he would not be stripped of all his previous titles.
"Only the competition which the athlete had been participating in at the time his urine sample was taken and tested positive would be taken into account."
Meanwhile, Berita Harian reported that the athlete should resign himself to accepting a two-year suspension as the B sample had a 99% chance of replicating his “A” sample results.
"According to standard procedure, the urine sample taken from the athlete is divided into two bottles, A (60ml) and B (30ml)," Berita Harian quoted a source as saying.
"Therefore, under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for an athlete's B sample to turn out negative," the source said.
Lee had allegedly failed a random test at the World Badminton Championships in Copenhagen in late August and was notified of the failed test on October 1. 
He had requested for the “B” sample to be tested 16 days later, a day before the deadline to request for the test.
Lee, Malaysia's No.1 badminton player, celebrated his 32nd birthday on Monday night with his wife and son, posting an image on his Twitter account.
Meanwhile, a former badminton player, who tested positive for drugs in 2006, said Lee could still salvage his career if the “B” sample tested negative.
Although there is only a 0.1% chance the B sample would test negative, The Star today cited the case of Sairul Amar Ayob as a case study of overturning the odds.
In 2006, Sairul tested positive for dexamethasone, which is the same banned substance for which Lee is alleged to have tested positive.
Sairul tested positive during a random test in the semi-finals of the Dutch Open in 2006. 
At that time, Sairul was Malaysia's third-ranked men’s singles player after Wong Choong Hann and Lee.
 “I can totally understand how this particular athlete feels right now. All I can say is relax, stay calm and keep the hope alive," Sairul, 34, told The Star.
Sairul, who played under KLRC, recalled how he felt en route to Belgium to witness the testing of the “B” sample in 2006. 
Then, KLRC owner Datuk Seri Andrew Kam paid for him to fly to Belgium.
“The lab was at a university in Belgium. I was so nervous. The doctor there told me that it was almost 99.9% impossible for the B sample to be negative."
"But they were very surprised when it turned out to be negative,” Sairul told the paper.
Malaysia's former international badminton players have also expressed shock over the doping scandal which implicated Lee.
Kwan Yoke Meng, a member of Malaysia's victorious 1992 Thomas Cup team, told The Star he could not believe it when he read the news.
"I was shocked beyond words when I heard that Lee's name had been linked to the scandal," he told the paper.
“He has played for so long on the international scene, I cannot believe this. He is experienced and I do not think that he would have done anything intentionally."
Kwan said he hoped the “B” sample would clear Lee, urging others not to jump to conclusions until the results were out.
Former national No. 1 and World Championship silver medallist Wong Choong Hann said the matter should be handled “delicately”.
“Let’s be patient and wait for the B sample results and not spread unnecessary rumours. It would be unjust to the athlete involved,” Wong told The Star.
Former Malaysian Open winner Ong Ewe Hock said that a thorough investigation should be carried out to clear the player’s name.
“Who has been administering treatment to this athlete? Has the amount (of steroid) given been more than what it was supposed to be?" Ong told the paper. 
- TMI

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