Berlin - Former doping offender Dwain Chambers will not be allowed to compete at the ISTAF Golden League meet in Berlin, meet director Gerhard Janetzky told the German athletics magazine Leichtathletik published on Monday. Janetzky cited solidarity with other meets in Europe as the motive. The British sprinter Chambers has served a doping ban and later admitted to continuous doping until he was caught in 2003.
However, Chambers is eligible to compete in the same Olympic stadium at the world championships in August as the ruling body IAAF decided after his admission to refrain from a new ban on grounds of bringing the sport into disrepute.
Janetzky said he was not fully happy with the ISTAF ban.
"I still consider it right to let him start. You can't explain to the Berlin stadium crowd why Chambers isn't allowed to run at the ISTAF but can compete at the worlds," Janetzky said.
The ISTAF on June 14 is the first stop in the six-meet Golden League series which offers a 1-million dollar jackpot.
