Dwain Chambers

[Ivan Drago]

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The Olympics ban is only a British ban though not the norm.

And "simply" missed 3 tests?! I'll bet Dwain wishes he'd just forgotten 'cos then we could've all just swept it under the carpet and pretended he hadn't done it.

As I said double standards.

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Do we not think that the question of whether drug cheats get caught or not is a wee bit irrelevant in view of where the Games are happening and what's going on in the same country at the same time?

[Sir David Gray]

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The Olympics ban is only a British ban though not the norm.

And "simply" missed 3 tests?! I'll bet Dwain wishes he'd just forgotten 'cos then we could've all just swept it under the carpet and pretended he hadn't done it.

As I said double standards.

Fair enough I didn't phrase that properly. Obviously she shouldn't have missed the drug tests but at the same time she has never been found to have had any banned substance in her system, Dwain Chambers has. As far as the rules are concerned, I think it would be a bit harsh to ban someone from the Olympics *for life who hasn't been proven to have taken drugs.

*I think Christine Ohuruogu deserved a ban for missing the tests but I do not believe she should be treated the same way as Dwain Chambers.

If she ever tests positive in the future then she should be treated in exactly the same way as Chambers.

As for the ban only being a British ban, that was my point. Dwain Chambers was/is a British athlete at the time he took the drugs and he knew the BOA rules regarding the banning for life at the Olympics of any athlete who is found to have taken an illegal substance.

IMO this stance should be taken up by every Olympic committee throughout the world so that every athlete who cheats with drugs is handed a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games.