Dwain Chambers tested positive for a banned substance in 2004, was barred from athletics competition and is now back. Unfortunately, he still seems to run faster than the other competitors and wants a place in the England team. The selectors think his presence in the team would be embarrassing but Chambers, understandably, says he did the crime but he’s done the time.
The only solution to all this is to be found in Formula 1. Just as they have the Constructors’ championship, parallel to the individual drivers’ one, so athletics would have a pharmaceutical championship, with, say, Hoechst competing alongside Glaxo SmithKline and Aventis for having assisted the quickest athletic performances.
It would bring a huge amount of sponsorship to the sport and only recognise what is already going on.
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