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Dwain Anthony Chambers (born 5 April 1978 ) is a British sprinter. He holds the European 100 metres record of 9.87 seconds (shared with Linford Christie ), and is the current European champion, taking gold in 2002 . Chambers showed enormous promise as a junior, winning 100 metres and sprint relay gold in the 1995 European Juniors and setting a new world junior record at the same event in 1997 . Chambers' greatest moment came at the 2002 European Championships in Munich when he won gold. However his career was beset by disappointments. He failed to live up to his early promise, not managing to take centre stage after the departure of Maurice Greene . In the 2002 Commonwealth Games he limped off the track with cramp mid-race. At the 2003 World Championships he was favourite but came in fourth, in a time well below his personal best. Even the equalling of Christie's European record was done in second place to Tim Montgomery who broke Greene's world record. In October 2003 , Chambers was revealed to have tested positive for the banned Anabolic Steroid , Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). He was given a two year ban by UK Athletics after a disciplinary hearing on 22 February 2004 . Chambers' coach, Remi Korchemny , is one of four men from the BALCO lab, currently under investigation in the United States on charges of distributing illegal drugs to athletes. The UK 4x100 metres relay team, on which Chambers ran the anchor leg, were stripped of their silver medals from the 2003 World Championships as a consequence of Chambers' drug ban. Chambers is currently aiming to make a return to sprinting in 2006. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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