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Chambers hoping for golden end to saga

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Controversial Team GB sprinter Dwain Chambers is confident he has the ability to reach the final of the 100 metres at London 2012 - and even believes he has a chance of taking gold.

The 34-year-old will be going to his first Olympics in 12 years this summer, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed him a late reprieve from a British Olympic Association bylaw that ensured all convicted drugs cheats received a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games.

Now set to take the start line against the likes of Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Tyson Gay, Chambers feels he still has a couple of sub-10 second runs in him and hopes he can go on to challenge for a medal.

"I've got a good run in me," Chambers told the Mirror. "I have got a series of good performances that I just want to get out. Just see how fast I can go. That is my biggest dream.

"I just want to know how fast I can go and see how close I can get to these guys. I have fought this long to get to this point and now I am here, I have got to do something with it.

"I want to get to the final and once you are in the final, any athlete with the right frame of mind goes for gold. It doesn't matter whether God is on your left-hand side. You go to win.

"You don't just say Usain has got gold, Blake has got second. You go to win. That is what you train for. Who knows what happens? Who could have predicted that Bolt would have been disqualified at the World Championships in Daegu last year? No one.

"Unfortunately, these things happen in sport sometimes. The rainbow is there and I am reaching for the pot of gold."

Chambers faces still competition even from his fellow British sprinters, however, with 18-year-old Adam Gemili having run faster than him this year. Gemili, the newly-crowned world junior champion, has been tipped for greatness in some quarters.

"The time he ran was great for his age," US sprinter Gay said. "I think he's definitely capable, with steady progression, of getting down to 9.8 [seconds].

"If he works hard and stays humble, the sky is the limit for him."

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