Sport 08-08-2002 Gold At Last For Chambers who: 100 metres athlete Dwain Chambers what: Wins gold in European Championships where: Munich when: Last night snippet: "Dwain Chambers believes winning European gold has given him the confidence he needs to regularly challenge world and Olympic champion Maurice Greene," reports the BBC after the 24 year-old 100m sprinter from London achieved a new Championship record and personal best of 9.97 seconds in Munich last night. "This was the answer, the best answer, to all my critics," he said, quoted in The Mirror. "I have been getting so much stick it that I was even beginning to doubt myself, particularly as I honestly thought I was going to get the gold in Manchester. But all the hard work has finally paid off, big-style. I`ve proved I`ve got all the ability in the world." Britain`s pre-eminence in the event "stretches back to 1986 when Linford Christie won the first of three consecutive titles," remarks The Guardian`s Duncan Mackay. "But not even he performed as brilliantly as Chambers did here." Nigerian-born Portuguese and former world junior champion Francis Obikwelu came second while Darren Campbell, the defending champion from Britain, finished third, says The Times. [... more]

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