Chambers wins British Olympic trial

Athletics : Dwain Chambers achieved the first stage in his bid to run at the Beijing Olympics when he won the 100 metres final…

Athletics: Dwain Chambers achieved the first stage in his bid to run at the Beijing Olympics when he won the 100 metres final at the British trials and must now await a legal ruling on his eligibility.

Chambers, who completed a two-year doping ban in 2006 following a positive test for the designer steroid THG, won impressively in 10.00 seconds, with Simeon Williamson second in a personal-best 10.03 at the Birmingham trials.

In normal circumstances, the first two automatically qualify for Beijing if they have the Olympic qualifying time - which both have achieved.

However, a British Olympic Association (BOA) bylaw prevents any athlete guilty of a doping offence from being selected for next month's Games.

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Chambers is challenging the bylaw in the High Court and will find out on Wednesday if his lawyers have secured a temporary injunction that would make him eligible for the Olympics.

"I've done my part of it and, hopefully, next week things will go well," Chambers told the BBC. "My biggest fear was messing up, I just had to keep cool. I'm so happy."