Hardly surprising
Friday, July 18th, 2008Dwain Chambers has lost his case to be allowed to compete for the UK in the up-coming Olympics. He was seeking an injunction that would have allowed him to compete, ahead of a full hearing on the legality of the ban that is expected to be heard in March.
It’s not surprising that this is the [...]
Should he stay or should he go?
Monday, July 14th, 2008After all the hoo-ha about whether he could compete in the World Indoor Championships a while ago, there’s now even more hoo-ha about whether Dwain Chambers should be able to compete in the Olympics.
It comes down to a British Olympic Committee (BOC) rule that anyone who has been banned from sport for taking drugs cannot [...]
The state of UK Athletics
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Dwain Chambers was found guilty of using performance enhancing substances and was given a two year ban from athletic competition. Having now served his ban, he’s re-entered competition (his American football career having failed due to a change in the NFA) and has been selected for the World Indoor Championships.
There has been much said about [...]