British sprinter Chambers hopes to run in Beijing

ATHENS -- British sprinter Dwain Chambers won on Wednesday his first 100 metres race since returning from a drugs ban and then said he still hoped to compete at the Beijing Olympics.

Britain's Dwain Chambers looks at a trophy after competing in the 100 metres race at the Papaflessia meeting in Kalamata June 4, 2008. [Agencies]

Chambers, 30, clocked 10.26 seconds at the Papaflessia meeting in Kalamata. He finished second in the 200 behind American Mardy Scales.

He is not eligible to compete at the Games under British Olympic Association rules after serving a two-year suspension following a postive test for the designer steroid THG.

However, Chambers said on Tuesday he could launch an appeal against the ban after competing in Greece.

"Beijing is still there. I'll be there, don't worry," he told reporters on Wednesday. "I believe that I can be in the first three in Beijing. I can win a medal."