CHAMBERS WELCOMES IOC RE-TESTS

Dwain Chambers has welcomed the International Olympic Committee decision to retest samples provided for doping tests at the Beijing Games, hailing the "strong message" it sends. The IOC and the World Anti-Doping Agency will work together to determine how many of the 4,770 samples given during the Olympic Games should be re-examined. The review has been ordered after traces of banned blood-boosting substance EPO Cera were found during a recent re-test of samples from the Tour de France. Chambers told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "It's going to be very interesting and also very disappointing because all of those performances we thought were clean are now going to be exposed. "It shows the testing procedure is getting more stringent and it puts out a strong message, and that is something I am supporting. "I'm... [read full story]