Rick Broadbent, Athletics Correspondent
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In his pomp, Dwain Chambers would settle down into his starting blocks as a
rival spat in front of him. This was life in the fast lane, a non-contact
punch-up between pumped-up individuals with a point to prove. Nothing has
changed for a man who has become a spittoon for sporting bile. But after the
spit comes the polish. Chambers may have been banned from the Olympic Games
for life, but he will run for Great Britain next year and he is trying to
deconstruct the myth of Usain Bolt as a superhero. “Cut him and he bleeds,”
Chambers said.
He needs to run for money, with Rocco, his new baby, to support, earnings of
only £1,500 from the past six months and a £130,000 bill from the IAAF, the
governing body of athletics, outstanding. He needs to run for his mental
health, too, and with the British Olympic Association (BOA) barring...
