Lee Chong Wei to play on until 2016 Games

Malaysia’s world No. 1 badminton player Lee Chong Wei has ruled out retirement and decided to carry on for two more years until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

April 08, 2014

 


 


KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s world No. 1 badminton player Lee Chong Wei has ruled out retirement and decided to carry on for two more years until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The 31-year-old had hinted at retirement earlier this year after winning his 10th Malaysia Open title in Kuala Lumpur, saying it would be his last national championships. Lee said he arrived at the decision to play on after a chat with the country’s sports minister in the wake of his third Superseries triumph of the year at the Indian Open. Lee won his second Olympic silver medal at the London Games in 2012 after another titanic battle with his nemesis, Lin Dan of China. — Reuters


April 08, 2014
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