BIRMINGHAM, England, July 26 (AFP) - European championDwain Chambers reasserted his status as the king ofBritish sprinters with a convincing victory in thetrials for next month’s World Championships.
Running into a stiff 1.6 m/s headwind, Chambersclocked 10.08sec to come in ahead of 200m specialistDarren Campbell (10.19sec).
Mark Lewis-Francis, the young pretender to Chambers’crown, trailed in in third with a disappointing time of10.25sec.
Lewis-Francis, who seems to have lost his confidenceafter a blistering start to the season, will now have torely on the discretion of the selectors to claim thethird 100m spot on the British team.
Chambers said he was looking forward to taking on theAmericans in Paris.
I'm really pleased to have won here and now I canget myself focused for the worlds,'' he said. The workreally begins from here.’’
European indoor champion Jason Gardener looks set tomiss out on a world championships spot after finishingfourth in Saturday’s race.