Chambers meets UK Sport with details of doping regime

By Martyn Herman

LONDON (Reuters) - UK Sport said on Friday a letter handed to them by controversial sprinter Dwain Chambers would help them in their fight against doping.

Chambers, who was banned for two years after testing positive for the designer steroid THG in 2003, met with UK Sport's Anti-Doping chief John Scott on Friday to shed light on the doping regime that led to his downfall.

UK Sport, the agency in charge of elite sport in Britain, said it hoped for more meetings with Chambers who has since returned to action, taking the silver medal at the world indoor championships this year.

"We had a constructive and positive meeting and see it very much as the starting point of what we hope will be an ongoing relationship," Scott said in a statement.

"Through the letter which Dwain handed to us, he has provided a detailed account of his doping programme which highlights the level of sophistication that goes into these systematic regimes.

"It is through this sort of information that we are able to better understand both the mindset of why athletes choose that path and the network that sits behind them.

"It is these networks of manufacture, trafficking and supply that we need to be able to tap into if we are to get to the heart of doping in sport."