Chong Wei refuses to be condemned as the eternal second


Chen Long (right) and Lee Chong Wei on the podium at the World Championships in Jakarta. - AFP

JAKARTA: Forever a runner-up?

That’s what Lee Chong Wei must have felt when he ended his ninth campaign at the World Badminton Championships with his head hung low.

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