Isn't this just a matter of standards? If it is unacceptable to use drugs to enhance performance (and I think it is generally agreed that it is) and if our sportsmen represent the country (and by extension all of us) what message does it give that we tolerate a drugs cheat in our country's colours, and what does it say about Chambers that he uses the law to enforce his selection when he has forfeited the right to wear his country's colours and represent us? No person who has been caught using performance enhancing substances should ever be allowed to race in his / her country's colours again - while a person who has been imprisoned for an offence 'serves his time' it is unlikely that he will ever be allowed the opportunity to offend again if it is possible to keep him away from the occasion of his offence.

P Bird, Kingston upon Thames,

Many national & international sports bodies find themselves able to ignore concepts of natural justice & human rights. Little allowance is made for the fact that many professional athletes have not had much education & easy prey for those who promote the use of drugs in sport. I ndividuals who, mostly do not have the ability to fight back, are easy to villify and much less risky for officials than identifying the criminal elements who are actually involved in supplying the drugs. Using performance enhancing drugs in sport is a type of theft , but since it happens in a game it is not thought appropriate that it incurs real judicial penalties. However it seems UK Athletics can impose penalties greater than would be incurred from killing someone by dangerous driving or the incompetent management of Northern Rock . If UK Athletics had its way Dwain Chambers would never work again, this seems mostly because of honesty about his own drugs use and his assertion that others still do it

Clif, Belmont Tramonet,

Done the time!! What does this mean. Let's have a free for all. Competitions should be open to all. The druggies will lose in the end by an early death.

Akbar, Cambridge , UK

Why don't UKA just ask Dwayne to take a drug test? Surely he'd understand the situation and comply.

If I was Dwayne I'd be mightily peeved at this statement.

Angry old man, Lyon, France

Rehabilitation is all very well; I suggest that honest sportsmen, both competitors and followers are appalled with him and his attitude. He should be made aware that representing your country is an honour, not a right. Then he might profitably reflect on what he did to get into this hot water, consider his recent behaviour - then do the decent thing and aside.

C W Hamblin, Hove, Sussex

No winners here, not even Chambers who, let it be remembered, did not set the rules & regs now allowing him to compete.

Robert Baker, Ascot, England

all this proves is british athletes are not drug free if they were they would tell chambers to go run somewhere else not one present day team member will do this why because they all have some thing to hide

seamus, dublin, ireland

I completely agree with Charles from Epworth. Professional sports has been plauged with proformance enhancing drugs for many years, and it is often the case that athelites are unaware that they are taking it or simply the pressure of the need to succeed gets too much that there seems no other way. I am not condoning what Dwain Chambers did; cheating is cheating, but I am disgusted that the UKA is acting in such a childish and un professional way.
Dwain has served his time and as long as he keeps clean and keeps winning his races like he is doing he should be on the team and not publicly humiliated by the authority that should be supporting his return; because just to do what he has done takes allot of courage.
Dwain you have my 100% backing, it is brilliant to have you back in the sport and I am sure we will all be seeing you on the top of the WIC
UK Athletics grow up!!!!

Steve Williamson, Manchester, UK

David Millar was welcomed back with open arms by British Cycling after his doping offences - for the world champs. I can't see any difference to Chambers situation. Why the difference between UK sports bodies?

Surely we need a standard approach for all sports for ex-dopers????

steve, london,

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act seems appropriate in this case - "done the crime and done the time" And - the UKA's naivety. They have had years to build up tougher regulations to stop this type of event occurring but all they did was sit on their collective RS's and award themselves bigger salaries and live off other peoples efforts.

I don't like what you did to UK athletics Dwain but I support your effort to make a comeback.

Charles Dowie, Epworth, UK