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Chambers is ready to assert his authority
The last time Dwain Chambers lined up for a 100m race on home soil he was still chasing his Olympic dream. He proceeded to win the final of his event at the British team trials for Beijing, clocking 10.00sec flat, but then suffered the tribulation of failing to obtain a High Court injunction against the British Olympic Association by-law which precludes reinstated doping offenders from representing Great Britain on the Olympic stage.
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