How Lee Chong Wei defied medical science for final shot of glory at All England Championships
The Malaysian badminton sensation tore a knee ligament just last month but is already back
Lee Chong Wei feared his career was over in a freak accident which tore his knee ligament during badminton practice last month.
Then the world No. 1 thought he’d be out for six weeks and miss the All England Open, which he has won three times.
But so desperate was he not to miss it that in just over three weeks he was passed fit to compete.
Still in some pain and not quite 100 per cent fit, he starts his 13th and last All England on Wednesday.
There was a collective gasp in Malaysia on February 4 when news came that Chong Wei slipped and fell, tearing the medial collateral ligament in his left knee. The ligament attaches the top of the shinbone to the bottom of the thigh bone. It normally takes 42 days to heal.
But 23 days later, he passed a second scan on the knee, and a day later his doctor and coaches agreed he could oblige his top seeding in Birmingham.