LONDON, July 16: Dwain Chambers's hopes of capping his return from a drugs ban by making the British team for the European Championships suffered a blow on Saturday when injury forced him out of the trials.

The 28-year-old Chambers picked up a quadracep injury which forced him to withdraw from the 100m final in Manchester and could jeopardise his chances of making the tournament in Gothenburg in August.

In his absence Marlon Devonish won in 10.19secs ahead of Tyrone Edgar (10.23secs) with Mark Lewis-Francis (10.28) third.

Devonish and Edgar earned automatic selection for the team.

The British selectors, who have the option of nominating the third 100m sprinter, will decide whether to include Lewis-Francis or hand a reprieve to Chambers.

Chambers ran his first 100m race since his ban at Gateshead last week, clocking 10.07sec.—AFP