<p>Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, one of the few genuine threats to China's ambitions in the men's badminton, is still scrambling to be fit for his first-round match at the London Games after suffering a serious ankle injury. <br /><br /></p>.<p>"I'm not 100 percent recovered. I feel I'm training better and now about 90 percent recovered," the former world number one said at the Wembley Arena. "I know there is a lot of pressure but now I feel less pressure because of my injury. But this is my third Olympics and my final Olympics so gold is very important to me and my career." <br /><br />Malaysia have won all of their Olympic medals in badminton and have pinned their hopes on <br />the team winning the country's first gold medal at London. <br /><br />Lee, top seed here, raised hopes of breaking Malaysia's drought by reaching the final in <br />Beijing, but was obliterated by Chinese Lin Dan and had to settle for silver. <br /><br />Lee remains Malaysia's greatest hope of gold but suffered a major setback in his preparations when he was sidelined for weeks after hurting his ankle in a Thomas Cup match in May. <br /><br />Lin and a clutch of other dominant Chinese, including world number three Chen Long and fourth-ranked Chen Jin, are likely to stand in the way of Lee's title hopes. <br />Although topping badminton's rankings for much of his career, the 29-year-old Lee has never clinched an Olympic, world or Asian Games title, a gap on his resume he has long rued.</p>
<p>Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, one of the few genuine threats to China's ambitions in the men's badminton, is still scrambling to be fit for his first-round match at the London Games after suffering a serious ankle injury. <br /><br /></p>.<p>"I'm not 100 percent recovered. I feel I'm training better and now about 90 percent recovered," the former world number one said at the Wembley Arena. "I know there is a lot of pressure but now I feel less pressure because of my injury. But this is my third Olympics and my final Olympics so gold is very important to me and my career." <br /><br />Malaysia have won all of their Olympic medals in badminton and have pinned their hopes on <br />the team winning the country's first gold medal at London. <br /><br />Lee, top seed here, raised hopes of breaking Malaysia's drought by reaching the final in <br />Beijing, but was obliterated by Chinese Lin Dan and had to settle for silver. <br /><br />Lee remains Malaysia's greatest hope of gold but suffered a major setback in his preparations when he was sidelined for weeks after hurting his ankle in a Thomas Cup match in May. <br /><br />Lin and a clutch of other dominant Chinese, including world number three Chen Long and fourth-ranked Chen Jin, are likely to stand in the way of Lee's title hopes. <br />Although topping badminton's rankings for much of his career, the 29-year-old Lee has never clinched an Olympic, world or Asian Games title, a gap on his resume he has long rued.</p>