Olympians support ban against Chambers

LONDON: Olympic champions Steve Redgrave and Kelly Holmes and nearly 100 other top British sports names have signed a petition aimed at blocking a bid by sprinter Dwain Chambers to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games after a drugs ban.

Chambers, 30, has returned to competition after serving a two-year ban, having tested positive for the anabolic steroid tetrahydrogestrinone in 2003, and gained a 60m silver medal at the world indoor championships in March this year.

He is seeking to overturn a British Olympic Association (BOA) bylaw preventing anyone found guilty of a doping offense from competing for Britain at the Olympics.