KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 31 — Malaysian diver Wendy Ng Yan Yee, who went from hero to zero after testing positive for doping, will request for a hearing, she told Mailsport as she affirmed her support for the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
The two-time Olympian — 2012 London and 2016 Rio — Wendy said in an exclusive that she was “saddened and shocked” by the unexpected turn of events after she was relieved of two SEA Games gold medals.
Wendy explained that she is in a FINA-registered testing pool and tested regularly — the most recent in March this year.
“I take every competition very seriously and I take my diet very cautiously.
“I do not at this point know how the substance came about. I am definitely against drugs and fully support Wada.
“I will request for a hearing and I will assist in whatever way I can on this issue,” she said.
Wendy’s B sample had tested positive for the banned substance sibutramine by Wada at its laboratory in New Delhi on Oct 11.
Sibutramine is an appetite suppressant which is commonly found in weight loss supplements but on the Wada ban-list.
It was confirmed on Oct 26 that Wendy will now be stripped of the gold medals she won at KL SEA Games in the women’s 3m springboard individual and 3m springboard synchro with Nur Dhabitah Sabri.
Malaysia will still keep the gold medal in the 3m springboard individual event as Dhabitah will be promoted to first place as she finished behind Wendy in that event.
Malaysia will lose the gold medal won by Wendy-Dhabitah in the 3m springboard synchro.
Singapore’s Ashlee Tan-Fong Kay Yian will be awarded the gold medal instead.
