Athletics-Chambers fails drugs test
( 2003-10-22 17:26) (Agencies)
European champion sprinter Dwain Chambers has tested positive for a banned
anabolic steroid, British media reported on Wednesday.
One of Britain's best medal hopes for next year's Olympic Games, Chambers
failed a test for the newly discovered drug tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) which,
until last week, was thought to be undetectable.
Traces of the drug were found in a urine sample that the European 100 metres
champion and record holder provided during an out-of-competition test at his
training base in Saarbrucken, Germany, on August 1, the Guardian newspaper
reported.
The news came a day after the IAAF said all urine samples from the Paris
world athletics championships in August would be re-tested.
Athletics's governing body took the decision following an announcement by the
US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) last Thursday that several American athletes had
tested positive for a new steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG).
The positive samples were found in the re-testing of 350 doping samples from
the US athletics championships in June. THG was discovered in US following a
tip-off.
Nobody from U.K. Athletics was immediately available for
comment.
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