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Dwain Chambers - Should the "drugs cheat" be selected?
I'm all for lifetime bans for drug cheats, but they don't yet exist so I can't see how UK Athletics have any right to stop Dwain Chambers from competing in a GB vest. 
I don't buy the point of view that he had "retired". If he has, he's clearly "unretired". Every athlete who has let their involvement in the sport lapse cannot be expected to continue to be tested "just in case" they return to the sport.
If athletics and other sports implemented lifetime bans my view would be that the rules state that he can't compete. But the rules state that he can. I can't help feeling that UKA are making it up as they go along, and that's not fair - just like cheating isn't.
Give the guy a break. He made a big mistake and really blew a promising career. He didn't even run fast when he was on drugs. He just bulked right up and looked silly. What better lesson to others than for him to run faster clean than dirty?
I don't buy the point of view that he had "retired". If he has, he's clearly "unretired". Every athlete who has let their involvement in the sport lapse cannot be expected to continue to be tested "just in case" they return to the sport.
If athletics and other sports implemented lifetime bans my view would be that the rules state that he can't compete. But the rules state that he can. I can't help feeling that UKA are making it up as they go along, and that's not fair - just like cheating isn't.
Give the guy a break. He made a big mistake and really blew a promising career. He didn't even run fast when he was on drugs. He just bulked right up and looked silly. What better lesson to others than for him to run faster clean than dirty?
Rob Robson
Sport and Business Psychologist, Warwickshire
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Rob Robson
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