Mar 21, 2009, 13:36 GMT
Berlin - The IAAF is unlikely to impose sanctions on British sprinter Dwain Chambers at its council meeting in Berlin, a spokesman for the athletics ruling body confirmed Saturday.
'It's unlikely that any steps will be taken this weekend,' said Nick Davies ahead of the IAAF meeting.
IAAF legal experts met Friday to discuss whether Chambers could face a ban for bringing the sport into disrepute after confessing in his autobiography 'Race Against Me' that he took a concoction of over 300 performance-enhancing drugs.
Chambers, who set a new European record over 60 metres of 6.42 seconds at the indoor European championships two weeks ago in Turin, served a two-year ban in 2003 after testing positive for the previously undetectable steroid THG.
Under IAAF regulations, an athlete can face a ban from between a week to life for bringing the sport into disrepute.
'He is free to run, his ban is at an end. Now our legal team is checking to see if we can ban him under this rule,' said Davies.
The 30-year-old sprinter will be questioned by UK Athletics on Monday about his doping claims. Afterwards, the IAAF could meet and possibly ban him from competing at this summer's world championships in Berlin.
On returning from his ban, Chambers qualified for the 2008 Olympics but the British Olympic Association (BOA) banned him from competing at future Games over his failed test.
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