Sprint drug cheat Chambers to find out fate next week

London: Dwain Chambers will hear he has been cleared to seek Olympic selection early next week in Jamaica.

While the Court of Arbitration for Sport has been deliberating on the legality of the British Olympic Association's ban on former dopers, Chambers has been training with former world 100 metres record-holder Asafa Powell's group in readiness for his 2012 bid.

Not even the BOA believe the judges will decide in their favour, having previously ruled against a similar IOC rule.

The BOA will have to pick up a £200,000 (Dh1.2 million) bill for challenging the World Anti-Doping Agency's code. They will do so with good grace believing that their principled stand against doping will lead to a change in the Wada code before the next Olympics.

The BOA have refused to select those who have served suspensions for major drug offences for the last four summer Games. Wada claim that this is a secondary punishment not permitted under its code, to which the BOA is a signatory.

The expected defeat of the BOA is likely to affect only two athletes — Chambers and road cyclist David Millar, a crucial support rider for sprinter Mark Cavendish.