Lame-duck sprinters are an insult to the Games.(Column) From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: July 31, 2002| Author: Wooldridge, Ian | COPYRIGHT 2002 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: IAN WOOLDRIDGE

TEMPORARILY confined to barracks, I was one of millions of televiewers who shuddered at home when the Blue Riband event of the Commonwealth Games - the headto-head confrontation over 100metres between Mark Lewis-Francis and Dwain Chambers - ended in farce.

Lewis-Francis lay spreadeagled face down on the track, waiting to be carried away. Chambers hopped out of sight like an injured rabbit, clutching a leg.

This embarrassing s...

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