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This Tuesday Lee Chong Wei decided to sue the former national shuttler Razif Sidek for alleging that he has been using banned substances for a long time. Razif said this in while talking to Kosmo on the 11th of November. He further told Kosmo that several officials of the Badminton Association of Malaysia were aware of this but kept their silence because he was the world’s top shuttler.
Razif further alleged that Chong Wei had hired a foreign doctor to treat him. “My lawyer sent him a letter a few days ago and we will settle this matter in court. He (Razif) had called me to apologise after receiving the letter, but what’s done is done,” Chong Wei told a news portal. “I can’t let this go because he defamed me.” According to freemalaysiatoday news portal, Chong Wei faces a maximum two-year ban, for failing a doping test, but could receive a lighter sentence as he has passed more than 100 anti-doping tests in 15 years. Chong Wei is under provisional suspension after traces of dexamethasone were found in his urine samples during the World Championships in Copenhagen that was held in Denmark during the month of August.
The news portal further informed that Dexamethasone is anti-inflammatory substance used to aid rehabilitation and is permitted outside competition as it is not a performance enhancing drug. Athletes can only use it during competition if they fill up a Therapeutic Use Exemptions form. The case will also be discussed in the Badminton World Federation Doping Hearing Panel later in the month.
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