European Athletics Championships

[Dodge]

Does anyone know what the story is with Darren Campbell. He was going on about accusations being made against him and refused to join his team mates for a lap of honour after winning the relay.

I couldn't find any info on what the dispute is.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4788833.stm

Basically didn't want Chambers in the team and thought people might think he was on drugs by association (seeing as he was part of the last relay squad that had their medals stripped)

[Aberdonian Stu]

Yeah I read about it this morning.

[Superhoops]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4788833.stm

Basically didn't want Chambers in the team and thought people might think he was on drugs by association (seeing as he was part of the last relay squad that had their medals stripped)

It wasn't just Chambers he was having a pop at, He didnt want Mark Lewis Francis who was done last year for having traces of cannibis when he was dope tested, running either.

Campbell said he did not want to be a hypocrite which is an astonishing statement to make when was quite happily actually agreed to run with both Chambers and Lewis Francis in the team in order to get himself a gold medal.

He could have chosen not run at all with them in the team if he felt that strongly but the 'hypocrite' part for me is that had the British team management pulled Chambers and Lewis Francis from the team, there would have been no gold medal for Campbell to take the moral high ground with. If this gold medal performance is in any way considered tarnished because of Chambers and Lewis Francis inclusion, then Campbell own gold medal bears the same tarnish.