A 2003-ban kirobbant THG-botrány egyik leghíresebb érintettje az akkori kétéves eltiltását követően Európa- és világbajnokságokon szerepelhetett, ám az ötkarikás szereplést a Brit Olimpiai Bizottság (BOA) korábbi szabályzata lehetetlenné tette számára.
Chambersnek azután nyílt módja beverekedni magát a londoni indulók közé, hogy a nemzetközi Sportdöntőbíróság (CAS) április végén igazságtalannak ítélte, egyben érvénytelenítette a BOA szabályát. A CAS szerint az életre szóló olimpiai eltiltás ugyanis egy második büntetés az eredeti eltiltás után.
A 34 éves, idén 60 méteren fedettpályás világbajnoki harmadik vágtázó júniusban megnyerte a férfi 100 métert a Birminghamben rendezett brit olimpiai válogatón. Az akkor futott 10.25 mp-es ideje ugyan elmaradt az A-szinttől, ám mivel tavaly futott a 10.18 mp-es szintidőnél jobbat, nevezhető az olimpiára.

A brit olimpiai atléta csapat:

Férfiak:
Adam Gemili – 100m and 4 x 100m (age: 18, born: London, lives: Dartford)
Dwain Chambers – 100m and 4 x 100m (age: 34, born: London, Lives: London)
James Dasaolu- 100 and 4x100m (age: 24, born: Croydon, lives: Loughborough)
Christian Malcolm- 200m and 4x100m (age: 33, born: Cardiff, lives: Newport)
James Ellington- 200m and 4x100m (age: 26, born: Lewisham, lives: London
Martyn Rooney- 400m and 4x400m (age: 25, born: Croydon, lives: Loughborough)
Conrad Williams- 400m and 4x400m (age: 30, born: Kingston, Jamaica, lives: Hither Green)
Nigel Levine- 400m* and 4x400m (age: 23, born: Bedford, lives: Bedford)
Andrew Osagie- 800m (age: 24, born: Harlow, lives: Twickenham)
Michael Rimmer – 800m (age: 26, born: Southport, lives: Manchester)
Ross Murray- 1500m (age: 22, born: Gateshead, lives: Twickenham
Andrew Baddeley- 1500m (age: 30, born: Merseyside lives: London)
Nick McCormick- 5000m (age:30, born: Newcastle, lives: Loughborough)
Mo Farah- 5,000 and 10,000 (age:28, born: Somalia, lives: Portland, USA)
Chris Thompson – 10,000m (age: 31, born: Barrow-in-Furness, lives Oregon USA)
Stuart Stokes – 3000mSC (age: 35, born: Bolton, lives: Bolton)
Lawrence Clarke- 110mh (age: 22, born: London, lives: Bath)
Andrew Pozzi- 110mh (age: 19, born: Leamington Spa, lives: Bristol)
Andy Turner- 110mh (age: 31, born: Nottingham, lives: Sutton)
Dai Greene- 400mh and 4x400m (age: 26, born: Llanelli, lives: Trowbridge)
Jack Green- 400mh and 4x400m (age: 20, born: Maidstone, lives: Bath)
Rhys Williams – 400mh (age: 28, born: Cardiff, lives: London)
Robbie Grabarz- high jump (age: 24, born: Enfield, lives: Birmingham)
Steve Lewis- pole vault (age: 26, born: Stoke on Trent, lives:London)
Greg Rutherford- long jump (age: 24, born: Milton Keynes, lives: Milton Keynes)
Chris Tomlinson- long jump (age: 30, born: Middlesbrough, lives: London)
Philips Idowu- triple jump (age: 33, born: Hackney, lives: Birmingham)
Mervyn Luckwell – javelin (age: 27, born: Milton Keynes, lives: Loughborough)
Lawrence Okoye- discus (age: 20, born: Croydon, lives Croydon)
Brett Morse – discus (age: 23, born:Cardiff, lives: Penarth)
Abdul Buhari – discus (age: 30, born: Nigeria, lives: London)
Carl Myerscough – Shotput (age: 32, born: Blackpool, lives: USA)
Alex Smith – Hammer (age:24, born: Hull, lives Hull)
Daniel Awde – Decathlon (age: 24, born: Essex, lives Essex)
Dominic King – 50k Walk (age: 29. Born: Colchester. Lives: Colchester)
Danny Talbot – 4x100m (age 21, born: Sailisbury, lives: Trowbridge)
Simeon Williamson – 4x100m (age: 26, born: London, lives: Enfield)
Mark Lewis-Francis – 4x100m (age: 29, born: Birmingham, lives: London)
Richard Buck- 4x400m (age: 25, born: York, lives: Loughborough)
Luke Lennon-Ford – 4x400m (age: 23, born: Sutton Coldfield, lives: London)
Rob Tobin- 4x400m (age: 28, born: Lincoln, lives: Basingstoke)
Nők:
Abi Oyepitan – 100m and 200m (age: 32, born: London , lives: London)
Anyika Onuora- 100m* and 200m (age: 27, born: Liverpool, lives: London)
Margaret Adeoye- 200m (age: 27, born: London, lives: London)
Christine Ohuruogu- 400m and 4x400m (age: 28, born: London, lives: London)
Shana Cox- 400m and 4x400m (age: 27, born: Brooklyn, USA, lives: London)
Lee McConnell – 400m* and 4x400m (age: 33, born: Glasgow, lives: Glasgow)
Lynsey Sharp – 800m (age: 21, born: Edinburgh, lives: Edinburgh )
Laura Weightman- 1500m (age: 21, born: Alnwick, lives: Leeds)
Lisa Dobriskey- 1500m (age:28, born: Ashford, lives:Loughborough)
Hannah England- 1500m (age: 25, born: Oxford, lives: Birmingham)
Jo Pavey- 5000m and 10,000m (age: 38, born: Exeter, lives: Exeter)
Julia Bleasdale – 5000m and 10,000m (age: 30, born: Surry, lives: Surrey)
Barbara Parker- 5000m and 3000mSC (age:29, born: King’s Lynn, lives: California, USA)
Eilish McColgan- 3000mSC (age: 21, born: Dundee, lives: Carnousie )
Johanna Jackson 20km walk (age: 27, born: Middlesbrough, lives: Leeds )
Tiffany Porter- 100mh (age: 24, born: Michigan, USA, lives: London)
Perri Shakes-Drayton- 400mh (age: 23, born: London, lives: London)
Eilidh Child- 400mh (age:25, born: Perth, lives: Kinross/Bath)
Holly Bleasdale- pole valut (age: 20, born: Preston, lives: Chorley)
Kate Dennison- pole vault (age:28, born: Durban, SA, lives: Loughborough)
Shara Proctor- long jump (age: 23, born: Anguilla, lives: Atlanta, USA)
Yamile Aldama – triple jump (age: 39, born: Havana, Cuba,lives: London)
Sophie Hitchon- hammer (age: 20, born: Burnley, lives: Loughborough)
Goldie Sayers- javelin (age: 29, born: Newmarket, lives: London)
Jessica Ennis- heptathlon and 100mh (age: 26, born: Sheffield, lives: Sheffield)
Katarina Johnson-Thompson – heptathlon (age: 18, born: Liverpool, lives: Liverpool)
Louise Hazel- heptathlon – heptathlon (age: 26, born: Southwark, lives: Birmingham)
Marilyn Okoro- 4x400m (age: 27, born: London, lives: London)
Nicola Sanders- 4x400m (age: 30, born: High Wycombe,lives: Bourne End)
Emily Diamond – 4x400m (age:21 born: Bristol, lives: Bristol)

(Forrás: MTI)