Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei well for coming Olympics

I agree with national coach Tey Seu Bok’s assessment that despite Datuk Lee Chong Wei dropping to No. 2 behind China’s Lin Dan in the world ranking list released recently by the World Badminton Federa-tion (WBF), will not in any way demoralise our best badminton player in his effort to win a first gold medal for the country in the coming London Olympic Games later this month.

Lee Chong Wei sustained an ankle injury in last May’s Thomas Cup competition in China, and had to skip last month’s Indonesian and Singapore Open. He would have done well if he had competed.

Being World No. 2 now would certainly ease the pressure on him and is definitely not a tell-tale sign of decline. It is nothing to feel sad about, considering Chong Wei has been on top of badminton for four long years, a great achievement that even Lin Dan cannot claim.

Being No1 no doubt is fantastic, but in Chong Wei’s case it wasn’t always sunshine as he has never won gold in the most prestigious Olympic Games, the World championship and the Asian Games to justify his No. 1 position.

This latest ranking by the WBF could help him to…

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