British sprinter here for training stint with Mills
Observer Reporter
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Dwain Chambers
British sprinter Dwain Chambers, the 2002 European champion and the 1999 World Championships bronze medallist in the 100 metres, will have a Jamaican coach.
A source told the Observer that Chambers is expected in the island today to join the camp of one of Jamaica’s finest sprint coaches, Glen Mills.
Mills, meanwhile, placed Chambers’ visit in context: "His father lives here and he’s going to be here on holidays for a couple of weeks, where he will do some training with us to stay in shape.
“We have not had any coaching agreement at this time. We met in London and it was asked if he could train with me while here. If he likes it and wants to come back on a long term basis, then fine.”
Chambers, 27, will have as training partners Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Aleen Bailey, and Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis.
Banned by UK Athletics in October 2003 Chambers comes to Jamaica seeking to resuscitate his sprinting career.
Korchemny, along with BALCO lab founder Victor Conte, vice-president James Valente and Greg Anderson, were all scheduled to be sentenced next month.
In the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Paris on September 14, 2002, Chambers clocked a personal best 9.87 seconds to share the European world record with Linford Christie.
It was in that race that American Tim Montgomery clocked a world record 9.78 seconds, which Jamaica’s Asafa Powell broke on June 14 of this year in Athens with 9.77.
Chambers had an IAAF ranking of number three in 2002 and number five in 2003.
He was the World Junior record-holder in the 100 metres with 10.06, until Trinidad & Tobago’s Darrel Brown lowered the mark to 10.01 in the quarter-finals at the 2003 World Championships.
But Chambers still holds the European junior world record.
At that 2003 World Championships, he was disqualified in the final of the 100 metres after clocking 10.08 seconds.