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Chambers aims to foil Gay/Bolt 100m duel
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Dwain Chambers, the "walking junkie" as he termed himself when he was taking performance enhancing drugs, will be looking for a different high at the World Championships where he is out to spoil the Tyson Gay/Usain Bolt 100 metres duel.
The 31-year-old British sprinter has sought unsuccessfully to convince the major athletics meeting organisers to accept him back in the fold after serving a two-year ban for doping, but should he win a medal here it would make a strong case for him being invited.
Unable to compete at the Olympics, despite going to court over it, it will be the first time he pits his wits at championship level against Gay and world record holder Bolt.
However, Chambers appears to be undaunted at the prospect of taking on the great Jamaican showman - who he trained with in 2006 - as he told The Times earlier this year.
"His (Bolt's) antics automatically sent everyone into fear in Beijing," said Chambers, who has tried his hand at American football and rugby league without success.
"It's a message like one of those deers that prances up and down to show how elegant they are. The rest thought they were running for second place, but Bolt didn't even think he was going to win.
"It's about putting fear into people. I wanted to make people quiver in their boots. Muhammad Ali did it. You need a poker face. I learnt that from watching Roger Federer - you can tell he was mad as hell but he never shows it."
However, while Chambers talks a brave talk, should he repeat his performance at the British trials then he would probably be lucky to even make the final as he finished second behind Simeon Williamson, admittedly into a strong headwind.
Despite that, Chambers, who won the European Indoor title and the 100 and 200m at the European Team Championships this season to add to a world indoor 60m silver last year, believes that is just the sort of performance that will buck him up.
"I think I need a kick up the backside; I've not had to really fight for anything this season, but now I do," said Chambers.
"Now we can start having some fun and dropping some times."
While Chambers has angered many with what they see as his arrogance since returning from the ban, he is simply motivated to prove the meeting organisers are plain wrong and throw it back at them every time he has the chance to compete.
"It's like a dog that does not get fed very often," he told The Times.
"I'm being fed Pedigree Chum and I'm chowing it down."
Time will tell whether he has digested it well enough to really compete with the likes of Bolt and Gay.
The 31-year-old British sprinter has sought unsuccessfully to convince the major athletics meeting organisers to accept him back in the fold after serving a two-year ban for doping, but should he win a medal here it would make a strong case for him being invited.
Unable to compete at the Olympics, despite going to court over it, it will be the first time he pits his wits at championship level against Gay and world record holder Bolt.
However, Chambers appears to be undaunted at the prospect of taking on the great Jamaican showman - who he trained with in 2006 - as he told The Times earlier this year.
"His (Bolt's) antics automatically sent everyone into fear in Beijing," said Chambers, who has tried his hand at American football and rugby league without success.
"It's a message like one of those deers that prances up and down to show how elegant they are. The rest thought they were running for second place, but Bolt didn't even think he was going to win.
"It's about putting fear into people. I wanted to make people quiver in their boots. Muhammad Ali did it. You need a poker face. I learnt that from watching Roger Federer - you can tell he was mad as hell but he never shows it."
However, while Chambers talks a brave talk, should he repeat his performance at the British trials then he would probably be lucky to even make the final as he finished second behind Simeon Williamson, admittedly into a strong headwind.
Despite that, Chambers, who won the European Indoor title and the 100 and 200m at the European Team Championships this season to add to a world indoor 60m silver last year, believes that is just the sort of performance that will buck him up.
"I think I need a kick up the backside; I've not had to really fight for anything this season, but now I do," said Chambers.
"Now we can start having some fun and dropping some times."
While Chambers has angered many with what they see as his arrogance since returning from the ban, he is simply motivated to prove the meeting organisers are plain wrong and throw it back at them every time he has the chance to compete.
"It's like a dog that does not get fed very often," he told The Times.
"I'm being fed Pedigree Chum and I'm chowing it down."
Time will tell whether he has digested it well enough to really compete with the likes of Bolt and Gay.
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
I love this post of yours, Gamma! It’s right on the ball and certainly well stated!
I understand your point, MdmeX, and I certainly agree with you except that, in my opinion, Chambers has been blabbing so much that it’s almost distracting. All he seems to do is blab, and after the finals in the British nationals recently, I realized that Chambers doesn’t necessarily have the ability to back up his words.
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