Dwain Chambers, competing after serving a two-year doping ban, won the 60m title at the world indoor trials in Sheffield to guarantee a place in the Great Britain squad. Chambers winning time was 6.55 seconds - the fastest time in Britain this year.
Chambers's win guarantees him a place in the Great Britain squad for next month's for next month's World Indoor Championships in Valencia under UK Athletics's (UKA) selection policy. But whether Chambers will be selected for the British squad remains to be seen.
UKA had wanted to stop Chambers running because he has not been in its drugs testing programme since 2006. But it had to let him run after admitting it did not "sufficiently strong legal grounds" to stop him.
Chambers gives selectors headache
The following article in today's Sunday Times gets to the centre of this conundrum:
'Singling out Dwain Chambers is not fair. It's the rules that need to be looked at'
This might sound draconian, but I believe lifetime bans should be issued to drug cheats. Once convicted of that offence, cheaters should never be allowed back into international athletics. Make the rules tougher.
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