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    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=Subheadline></SPAN></TD></TR><TR><TD>AP
    Sunday, August 06, 2006
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    <P class=StoryText align=justify>LONDON (AP) - British sprinter Dwain Chambers will race at the European Championships for the first time since being stripped of the 100-metre title because of doping violations.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=130 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>CHAMBERS... banned for two years after testing positive for THG in 2003 </SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Chambers, banned for two years after testing positive for the steroid THG in November 2003, had all his personal and team results from January 2002 to August 2003 annulled in June, including his European 100 and team 400-relay titles.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Chambers' winning time of 9.96 seconds in the 100 at the 2002 championships in Munich, Germany, was expunged from the books. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal was given the gold with a time of 10.06.
    A Chambers-anchored British 400-relay team was also stripped of its crown, which was given to runners-up Ukraine.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The 28-year-old Chambers will race in the 100 and 200 at the meet starting Monday in Goteborg, Sweden. He posted the fastest British 100 time this year - 10.07 seconds at a meet in Gateshead on June 4 - in his first race since returning from the drug ban.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Chambers hasn't raced since injuring his thigh at the British trials last month. He was picked for the team after proving his fitness to UK Athletics medical staff.
    "I'm definitely running on Monday and we'll see what happens then," he said.
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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    RE: Chambers to run for first time since records annulled

    Is there any athlete out there who has not been caught using performance enhancing drugs?
    "Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." ~ Kahlil Gibran

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