Malaysia’s chef-de-mission to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Datuk Lee Chong Wei hopes sports officials will stand by their athletes through their ups and downs.
“Many officials showed up when I was at the top but they were not there when I was down. I’ve seen this happen year after year,” said cancer-survivor Chong Wei, who retired from competitive sport last month after choosing to put his health first. Yesterday, Chong Wei thanked many officials but made a special mention of Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria for standing by him during the darkest days of his badminton career when he was banned for eight months for the usage of banned substance dexamethasone in 2015.
“Then, he was only the BAM deputy president but he went out of his way to support me. Through Sports Minister , they hired the best lawyer for me,” said Chong Wei. Thanks to the overwhelming support, Chong Wei eventually made a superb comeback and went on to win a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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