Controversial Chambers wins gold
Dwain Chambers has attracted more controversy with his autobiography Race Against Me, which is released tomorrow
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Sunday, 08, Mar 2009 08:50
Disgraced sprinter Dwain Chambers has won gold in the 60m in the European Indoor Championships in Turin.
The 30-year-old won in a time of 6.46 seconds while Simeon Williamson was fourth, one place ahead of Craig Pickering.
Chambers had smashed the British and European record in Saturday's semi-final with a time of 6.42 seconds.
Elsewhere, Mo Farah won gold in the men's 3,000m after setting a championship record time.
The 25-year-old Londoner beat off France's Bouabdellah Tahri in 7:40.17 minutes. Nick McCormick was sixth, while Mark Draper finished in 11th place.
In the men's 400m, Swede Johan Wissman set a blistering pace to win gold with Britain's Richard Buck,22, in fifth spot.
In the women's 800m, Marilyn Okoro and Jenny Meadows missed out on a medal in agonizing fashion.
Okoro was leading before she collapsed on the line while Meadows finished in fourth, with Russian Mariya Savinova taking gold in a time of 1:58.10.
Elsewhere, Kate Dennison finished sixth in the pole vault final while veteran Donna Fraser was sixth fastest in the 400m final.