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Dwain Chambers - Your Opinion

Us Britains fail to win a lot of sporting achievements.When we do rely on athletes that actually achieve something for us they either fall flat on their face or quit after winning.Dwain chambers has served his time, admitted the offence and beaten his own record. He should be a positive role model to youths today which says that you can turn your life around after committing offences. Why can't society take advantage of this.

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Asked in Sport asked on: 07/22/2008 02:00pm
closed on: 07/29/2008 02:00pm

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siasl74

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7 minutes after the question was opened (07/22/2008 02:07pm)

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Rules is rules. Drug offences carry a lifetime ban from the British Olympic squad. Until that rule is changed, he hasn't served his time in that respect.

He can still compete professionally, though (I seem to recall reading that he represented Britain in the nationals recently - which may strike you as a double standard, but I'll let the courts worry about that)

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14 minutes after the question was opened (07/22/2008 02:14pm)

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he knew what he was doing so he should just accept it and he is or should never be a role model as yes he may of turned his life around but as we are trying to make children and people not use drugs the fact he did rules him out of a role model status in my opinion

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moonzero2

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26 minutes after the question was opened (07/22/2008 02:26pm)

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I think this should now quietly ddie away, particularly as he seems to have accepted the court decision.


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29 minutes after the question was opened (07/22/2008 02:29pm)

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The decision was correct.

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duffield1

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84 minutes after the question was opened (07/22/2008 03:23pm)

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There was an interview with his agent on Radio 4 a couple of days ago, when his agent said that Dwain knew about the risk of a ban when he was taking performance-enhancing drugs, and knew that if he was caught, the BOA might be standing on rocky ground if they tried to enforce the ban, as it had never been challenged in the courts. With this in mind, he gambled that he wouldn't get caught, and if it would, he'd just appeal against the lifetime Olympic ban.

He gambled, he lost. This isn't a case of rehabilitation, this is a case of someone knowingly breaking the rules and having to suffer the consequences, such as they are in his industry.

I have to say that, PR-wise, his agent should be sacked. I have a lower opinion of Chambers now than I did before I heard his completely unsympathetic comments. This was not a man full of remorse, it was someone who thought they could get one over on the rules, and behaves like a petulent child when their plan does not work.

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8 hours after the question was opened (07/22/2008 09:13pm)

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While I'm sure he's probably no longer taking drugs, it could well be the case that he's still benefitting from the extra muscle they gave him at the time. It's easier to keep muscle than to build it in the first place.

Aside from that, would you want to be in a relay team, handed a baton by a known cheat? If the team wins, are you sharing in his glory or his shame?
(This example is from one of the papers, can't remember which one).

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