Chambers faces double trial

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The sprinter is seeking a High Court order next Wednesday to lift a lifetime ban on competing in future Games imposed by the British Olympic Association (BOA) because he once used performance-enhancing drugs, but before that, he must take first or second place in the 100 metres at the Olympic trials in Birmingham this weekend.

Asked about his chances outside the court on Wednesday, Chambers said: "I am confident about what I am capable of doing and the rest is up to the decision of the court - and I will abide by that decision."

There was a brief hearing on Wednesday morning at the High Court when the date was set for the application for an injunction which would suspend the BOA by-law until the hearing of a full trial on the issue next March.

"I will be fine," Chambers said after admitting the court appearance was a strain, but he was confident it would not affect his performance at the athletics trials.

Lord Moynihan, chairman of the BOA, who was a sports minister during the Thatcher years, added outside court that he welcomed the chance to put the BOA's case before the courts.

It will be a test of the by-law which bans those who have used performance-enhancing drugs from the British team unless there are mitigating circumstances.

Chambers, 30, knew that having served a two-year suspension for using the designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), there was no chance in pursuing the mitigating circumstances route through the BOA.