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Chambers in rugby league trial
31/03/2008 12:03 - (SA)
London - World indoor 60m silver medalist Dwain Chambers will have a one-month trial with rugby league side Castleford.
The 29-year-old British sprinter, who served a two-year ban
for doping, would hold a news conference on Monday, the club
said on its website.
"Obviously we are well aware of Dwain's background and we gave the whole situation a great deal of thought," Castleford's football manager Michael Robinson said.
"However, like people in our own sport, he has been
punished and taken that punishment. That is now behind him and
he is serious about trying to make the grade in rugby league."
The club said Chambers would also be working with the squad
on sprint training and would take part in community projects.
Chambers, who is barred from running for Britain in the
Olympics because of BOA rules on drugs cheats, was reluctantly
chosen for the British team at the world indoor championships
in Valencia after winning the trials.
Londoner Chambers tested positive for the designer steroid
THG in 2003 and was banned for two years. He later admitted he
had been taking the banned substance for 18 months before he
was caught.
Chambers, who was stripped of his 2002 European 100m gold
medal, has also tried to forge a career in American football.
- Reuters
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