The Ban stays!

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The verdicts in!

Dwain Chambers has lost his High Court challenge. He will not be representing Great Britain in Beijing for the Olympic Games this year.

I must say I do think the decision is the right one, although, everyone is entitled to second chances, it would have been unfair for him to take part in the Olympics at the expense of another athlete, who truly deserved to be there.

The British Olympic Association has rules and regulations for reasons, and the fact that he challenged the ban in the first place just goes to show his arrogance towards the governing body.

As my mother always says, a cheater never prospers. Dwain let this be a lesson to you!

…I’ll be back after this short intermission! (“,)

Should He or Shouldn't He!?

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Dwain Chambers will find out the outcome of his High Court challenge against his Olympic ban later today.

He has the necessary qualifying time for the 100m and won the British trials on Saturday in Birmingham but he is seeking an injunction against his lifetime ban which would mean he could compete at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Chambers was given the ban in 2003 by the British Olympic Association after testing positive for the anabolic steroid THG, and even admitted to taking the drug 18 months prior to being caught.

Under the British Olympic Association regulations, this would mean that an athlete (in this case Chambers) forfeits the opportunity to compete at the Olympics once found to be taking performing enhancing drugs. However, Chambers argues that he is being punished for the same offence twice and that the by-law is an unreasonable restraint of trade.

Although he has already served his 2 year ban in which he spent time playing American Football and also rugby, I still personally I think that the ban should hold, after all he openly admitted to taking the drug, and therefore knew the consequences if he were to be found out!

What do you think, should he be given a second chance?

…I’ll be back after this short intermission with the result of the ruling! (“,)