Dwain Chambers, who missed out on the Beijing Olympics, after his lifetime ban was upheld by the BOA said he would have had to struggle with his conscience had he become an Olympic champion while using drugs.

The 30-year-old Chambers missed out at the Beijing Olympics after he tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid Tetrahydrogestrinone that cost him a two-year suspension from the sport.

From Guardian.co.uk:

Chambers trained with Bolt when he first returned to the sport two years ago at the end of his drugs suspension. It was why he was not surprised by Bolt’s performances in Beijing, where he broke the world record in the 100m and 200m.

“I had the privilege of training with him [Bolt] in 2006 and I always knew he was going to run as fast as he did,” said Chambers. “It was thrilling to watch and he has raised the bar to a new level. I am thoroughly looking forward to competing against him next year.”

Chambers said he will watch with interest as the Beijing organisers now retest 5,000 drug samples for traces of the previously undetectable EPO Cera. He said: “It’s going to be interesting and also disappointing because of all those performances we thought were clean but are now going to be exposed. It shows the testing procedure getting more stringent and it puts out a strong message that we are closely behind you and it is something I am supporting. I am curious to see the outcome of [it] and hopefully we can start working towards a clean sport for 2012.”

The Dutchman Charles van Commenee, the new head coach of UK Athletics, has said that he will greet the return of Chambers.

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The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said that it would decide whether a revealing book by British sprinter Dwain Chambers, who was banned for his doping issues, brought disrepute conditions for the sports area. The IAAF council said this in a meeting held in the month of March in Berlin, which is the site of this year’s world athletics championships.

Chambers recently published his autobiography in which he gave detailed information about his extensive use of banned substances. He became the first high-profile offender of the BALCO doping lab scandal when he tested positive for previously undetectable steroid THG in 2003. However, the 30-year-old sprinter successfully returned to the track after two-year suspension and won the European indoor sprint title earlier this month.

IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said, “We have asked our legal experts to look at this book and whether it brings the sport into disrepute.” He also added, “If indeed it does then this matter will be dealt with at the council meeting.”

From Reuters:

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will decide this week whether a revealing book by British sprinter Dwain Chambers, banned in the past for doping, has brought the sport into disrepute.

The IAAF council is meeting on March 21-22 in Berlin, site of this year’s world athletics championships in August.

Chambers, the first high-profile offender in the BALCO doping lab scandal when he tested positive in 2003 for the previously undetectable steroid THG, recently published his autobiography, detailing his extensive use of banned substances.

The 30-year-old has successfully returned to competition after a two-year ban, winning the European indoor sprint title earlier this month.

“We have asked our legal experts to look at this book and whether it brings the sport into disrepute,” IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said.

“If indeed it does then this matter will be dealt with at the council meeting,” added Davies.

In his autobiography “Race Against Me”, Chambers speaks openly about doping and the effect on his health as well as his performance.

Chambers in his autobiography “Race Against Me,” spoke openly and clearly about his usage of steroid and its effect on his health and performance. “Barely four months into my ‘programme’ to become the fastest man in the world and I was on drugs nearly every day. At this point I was practically a walking junkie. I was on the lot and the sophisticated modern-day tests detected nothing,” he says.

Chambers further added, “On Christmas Day, as I sat in the bathroom with ‘The Clear’ (THG), I realized I had been taking drugs – more than 300 different concoctions — for 12 months. A year on the programme cost $30,000.”

However, the sprinter’s return is welcomed by various major European organizations. Berlin’s Golden League organizers said that he was welcome to compete in their prestigious June event. But it seems that IAAF wants to extend the suspension penalty. The revised doping code that will come into effect by this year has a two-year ban for the first-time offenders and may be lifetime suspension for second time cheaters.

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Those who repent will see the light. In Dwain Chamber’s case, it seems like he’s very particular with the kind of light he wants to see – the Olympic torch’s light. The repentant British sprinter also has plans to resort to legal action to challenge his lifetime Olympic ban so that he can be eligible to run again at the Beijing Olympics.

Chambers was awarded a two-year ban due to his use of performance-enhancing drugs. He was tested positive for the designer drug tetrahydrogestrinone, known also as THG or ‘The Clear’. However, in a letter written by Victor Conte, it was apparent that Chambers was not only using The Clear, but several other substances. (Chambers decided to buy steroids from BALCO at some point)
According to the letter, the sprinter was also using human growth hormone, the blood-boosting drug EPO, a testosterone/epitestosterone cream, modafinil (a drug that combats tiredness), insulin, and liothryonine, a synthetic thyroid hormone. Conte was the founder and owner of the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative or BALCO. BALCO is a California-based firm, which was reportedly the source of anabolic steroids used by numerous professional athletes. In 2003, this illegal activity was exposed resulting to what media referred as the BALCO Affair.

Conte’s letter was handed over to UK Sport’s anti-doping chief John Scott on Friday in a repentant move that Chambers hopes will help demonstrate that he’s letting everything out in the open. Further, he wants the sporting world to see that he is serious in cleaning up his act. The details of Chambers meeting with Scott have not been divulged.

Regarding the sprinter’s move to challenge the ban, his lawyer said in a statement: “We can confirm that Dwain Chambers will be taking proceedings to secure his eligibility/participation in the Olympic and National trials in Birmingham from 11-13 July.”

Chambers is just one of the several popular professional athletes who have been implicated with steroids use. Several personalities involved in said case have been in legal quagmire including sprinter Marion James and cyclist Tammy Thomas. BALCO’s now infamous organic chemist, Patrick Arnold, has already served his three-month sentence in West Virginia. Conte has also spent four months in jail for selling steroids.

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