Taipei Times
Date: Sep 23, 2018
By: AFP, KUALA LUMPUR

Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei has early-stage nose cancer and is being treated in Taiwan, Malaysian sports officials said yesterday, following weeks of speculation about his health.

The country’s most successful Olympian ever, who enjoys superstar status in his homeland, was responding well to treatment, they said.

However, the illness would nevertheless be a devastating blow for the 35-year-old, coming after he clawed his way back up the rankings following a doping ban to play some of the best badminton of his life.

Speculation had been swirling about his health since he stopped turning up for training in July, and the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) announced that he was pulling out of the BWF World Championships and the Asian Games in Indonesia.
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