World Indoor Athletics 2010: Dwain Chambers destroys rest of field in 60m heats

By Simon Hart in Doha 530PM GMT twelve Mar 2010

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Ominously for his rivals, the Londoner was even means to journey the last 10 metres of his feverishness to preserve appetite for Saturdays rounds, nonetheless his winning time of 6.59sec was still 0.02sec quicker than the second fastest qualifier, American Trell Kimmons.

Fellow Briton Harry Aikines-Aryeetey additionally done certain of his semi-final place by finishing runner-up in his feverishness in 6.72sec.

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After winning the European indoor entertainment 60m pretension a year ago, the universe climax right away looks there for the receiving for Chambers, whose main rival, Ivory Williams, is at home in the United States after being criminialized for 3 months for contrast certain for cannabis.

Chambers would not be drawn on Williams predicament, insisting he would not be dreaming from his own performance, but pronounced he was feeling assured about his prospects of winning his initial comparison tellurian title.

"Its all good," pronounced the 31-year-old, who common the china award at the 2008 World Indoors in Valencia but is right away ranked No 1 in Williams absence.

"Its still early days nonetheless and Ive got to keep an eye on my opposition. But Im usually blissful I got the initial one out the approach since I was a bit nervous.

"Its usually something I regularly go through. You regularly get a bit jittery. Its the unknown. But right away that Ive got the heats out the approach I know where Im at and I know where I stand."

Elsewhere, the afternoon eventuality in Dohas Aspire Dome valid unsatisfactory for the British squad. Apart from Chambers and Aikines-Aryeetey, the usually alternative curtain to validate from the heats was Helen Clitheroe in the 1500m, and even she did so usually as a fastest loser.

Samson Oni competent for the eight-man high burst last with a clearway of 2.26m though team-mate Tom Parsons narrowly longed for out after clearing the same tallness but finishing outward the top-eight cut-off a count-back.

Kate Dennison, the British stick safe record-holder, was additionally separated on a count-back, finishing next to ninth with a clearway of 4.35m, whilst long-jumpers Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson, both finalists in Berlin last summer, crashed out at the subordinate stage.

Richard Buck done it by the initial turn of the 400m as a fastest crook but went out in fifth place in his semi-final.

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