Chambers to discover Olympic fate

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — British sprinter Dwain Chambers will discover next Wednesday if his bid to compete in the Beijing Olympics has been successful.

Chambers, 30, has appealed against the British Olympic Association's ban on him competing in any future Games following his two-year suspension for taking the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG).

Now the High Court has ruled that, although a full hearing will not take place until March, it will hear an injunction from Chambers' lawyers next week.

If successful he would be allowed to compete in China provided he comes through this weekend's Olympic trials.

Chambers must come first or second in the 100 metres trials in Birmingham to be eligible to be chosen for the British team.

He said: "I am...