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Chambers frustrated by Diamond League snub

ESPN staff
May 21, 2010
Dwain Chambers won the World Indoor 60m title in Doha in March © Getty Images
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Dwain Chambers admits he is frustrated not to have been invited to compete in the Diamond League.

In its inaugural season the series began in Doha last week and heads to Shanghai on Sunday for the second of 14 meetings around the world.

But while 100 metres world record holder Usain Bolt will make his Diamond League debut in China, Chambers will be 11,000 miles away, competing in the Brazilian Grand Prix in Rio de Janeiro.

Because of his past drugs conviction, Chambers has not been asked to take on Bolt in Shanghai, but he remains hopeful of being handed an opportunity.

"If I compete well in Rio then I hope I will be invited to other meetings," he said in The Daily Mail. "I know I made mistakes in the past, which I must now try my best to reverse as much as I can."

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