Chambers stripped of European 100 meters title

LONDON (Reuters) – British sprinter Dwain Chambers has been
stripped of his 2002 European 100 meters title after admitting
he took the steroid THG (tetrahydrogestrinone) that year.

A statement from the International Association of Athletics
Federations (IAAF) said all the athlete’s results from January
1, 2002 to August 1, 2003, including the European 100 title he
won in Munich, had been annulled.

Chambers and his team mates Christian Malcolm, Marlon
Devonish and Darren Campbell, will also lose the gold medals
they won in the 4×100 meters relay and Britain will forfeit the
European Cup they won in Annecy, France, in the same year.

The 28-year-old Chambers, who has been selected to
represent Britain at this week’s European Cup in Malaga, was
banned for two years in November 2003 after a positive test for

THG.

However, in a BBC interview last December, Chambers
revealed he had been using the designer drug at the center of
the BALCO laboratory scandal since 2002.

The IAAF statement said Chambers had also been stripped of
first place in the grand prix final on September 14, 2002.

Chambers was promoted from second place last year when
American Tim Montgomery, who set a world record of 9.78 seconds
in the Paris race, was banned for two years as a result of the
investigation into the BALCO laboratory.