▁lost ▁in ▁the ▁semif inals ▁of ▁the ▁Indones ia ▁Open , ▁ending ▁his ▁hopes ▁of ▁nine ▁straight ▁Super ▁Series ▁final s . ▁Due ▁to ▁a ▁serious ▁ham string ▁injury , ▁Lee ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁Commonwealth ▁Games ▁in ▁July , ▁also ▁ending ▁his ▁hopes ▁of ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁men ' s ▁singles ▁sh utt ler ▁to ▁win ▁ 3 ▁back - to - back ▁gold ▁med als ▁at ▁the ▁games . ▁ ▁Lee ▁res umed ▁play ▁in ▁August ▁where ▁he ▁finished ▁second ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁time ▁at ▁the ▁World ▁Championships , ▁losing ▁to ▁Chen ▁Long ▁of ▁China ▁in ▁straight ▁sets . ▁He ▁again ▁lost ▁to ▁Chen ▁in ▁the ▁semif inals ▁of ▁Asian ▁Games ▁team ▁competition , ▁and ▁to ▁Lin ▁Dan ▁in ▁the ▁semif inals ▁of ▁the ▁singles ▁event ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁later . ▁ ▁D op ing ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁local ▁media ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁Bad m inton ▁Association ▁of ▁Malays ia ▁confirmed ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁nation ' s ▁top ▁sh utt lers ▁tested ▁positive ▁for ▁de x am eth as one ▁after ▁ur ine ▁samples ▁were ▁taken ▁during ▁the ▁World ▁Championships ▁in ▁late ▁August . ▁The ▁identity ▁of ▁the ▁sh utt ler ▁was ▁not ▁revealed ▁but ▁was ▁widely ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁Lee ▁Ch ong ▁Wei . ▁D ex am ath as one ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁performance - en han cing ▁drug ▁but ▁a ▁commonly - admin ister ed ▁anti - infl am mat ory ▁cort ic ost ero id ▁that