Athletics: Dwain blow.ATHLETICS: British sprinter Dwain Chambers will not be able to run at the Olympics after he lost his attempt to overturn his lifetime ban. The 30-year-old took his case to secure an injunction against the British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is responsible for the United Kingdom's participation in the Olympic Games. It was formed on 24 May 1905 by the House of Commons. The first chairman of the association was Lord Desborough. by-law to the High Court, but the ruling went against him. Under BOA boa (bō`ə), name for live-bearing constrictor snakes of the family Boidae, found mostly in the Americas. This family, which also comprises the egg-laying pythons of the Old World, includes the largest of all snakes, as well as many smaller rules, the sprinter was banned from future Games after testing positive for the steroid THG THG Tom's Hardware Guide THG Tetrahydrogestrinone THG Third Harmonic Generation (laser physics) THG The Humble Guys (hacker group) THG The Holmes Group in 2003. Chambers had argued that the ban was an unfair restraint of trade restraint of trade Preventing of free competition in business by some action or condition such as price-fixing or the creation of a monopoly. The U.S. has a long-standing policy of maintaining competition among business enterprises through antitrust laws, the best-known of . But Mr Justice Mackay refused to grant an injunction to temporarily suspend the lifetime ban before a full hearing in March next year. In his summing up, Mr Mackay said Chambers' right to work was not a good enough reason to overturn the ban. |
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