LONDON, July 13: Dwain Chambers achieved the first stage in his bid to run in the Beijing Olympics when he won the 100 metres final at the British trials on Saturday and must now await a legal ruling.

Chambers, who completed a two-year doping ban in 2006 following a positive test for the designer steroid THG, won impressively in 10.00 seconds, with Simeon Williamson second in a personal-best 10.03 at the Birmingham trials.

In normal circumstances, the first two automatically qualify for Beijing if they have the Olympic qualifying time – which Chambers has easily achieved.

However, a British Olympic Association (BOA) bylaw prevents any athlete guilty of a doping offence being selected for the Games.

Chambers is challenging that bylaw in the High Court and will find out on Wednesday if his lawyers have been successful in achieving a temporary injunction that would allow him to compete at next month’s Games.—Reuters