Dwain Chambers Factfile

We look at the eventful career of sprinter Dwain Chambers after the CAS ruling.

Dwain Chambers Factfile

After a CAS ruling meant he can now be selected for Great Britain's team this summer's Olympics, we look at the eventful career of sprinter Dwain Chambers. 1978: Born Islington, London, April 5. 1998: Takes 100 metres silver in European Championships and is third in World Cup. 1999: Runs 9.99 seconds to become the second European sprinter to break the 10-second barrier after Linford Christie. Runs 9.97secs to claim bronze at the World Championships in Seville. 2000: Fourth in Olympics final in Sydney. 2002: Gets off to a bad start in the Commonwealth Games 100m final and pulls up with cramps, later attributed to lack of fluids.
Takes gold at the European Championships and adds a superb run to bring the British team home for gold in the 4x100m relay. 2003: August 25 - Finishes fourth in the World Championships 100m final in Paris in a time of 10.08.
October 22 - Revealed to have tested positive for newly discovered 'designer steroid' tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). Denies knowingly taking the drug.
November 7 - IAAF suspend Chambers pending disciplinary hearing, after B sample tests positive. 2004: February 22 - Handed a two-year worldwide ban due to expire on November 7, 2005 and a BOA lifetime suspension from the Olympics. 2005: December 10 - Admits using THG for 18 months before failing his drug test including when he became double European champion in August 2002. 2006: June 10 - Cleared by UK Athletics to make comeback.
June 11 - Returns to action at Gateshead, finishing third in 10.07. His time is the fastest by a European in 2006.
June 26 - All performances since January 1, 2002 annulled, including individual and relay gold at the European Championships in Munich in 2002 and the European record of 9.87 he shared with Linford Christie, after his admission to using THG prior to his failed drugs test.
August - Selected to represent Great Britain at the European Championships in Gothenburg.
Finishes seventh in the individual event before joining Mark Lewis-Francis, Darren Campbell and Marlon Devonish in the 4x100m sprint relay squad. The quartet win gold but their achievement is overshadowed by Campbell's refusal to celebrate on a lap of honour with his team-mates, saying it would be "hypocritical". 2007: March - Secures a contract with NFL Europa side Hamburg Sea Devils. 2008: January - UK Athletics chief executive officer Niels de Vos claims Chambers will be barred from making a comeback because he has not undergone drug testing since November 2006 when he left the sport. The IAAF claim he is eligible to run because he never retired from athletics.
February 2 - Qualifies for the World Indoor trials in Sheffield by winning the 60m at the Birmingham Games in 6.60.
February 5 - Allowed to compete in Sheffield after UKA grudgingly accept his entry after the athlete's solicitors prepared to launch a High Court injunction against them.
February 10 - Storms to victory in the 60 metres in Sheffield to book himself a spot at the following month's World Indoor Championships in Valencia.
March 7 - Wins a silver medal in the World Indoor Championships.
May 6 - After a month-long trial with Super League