Dwain Chambers's appeal against a lifetime Olympic ban imposed by the British Olympic Association could take place in the High Court before the end of next week.
Nick Collins, his Leeds-based solicitor, said that was the intention after Chambers won his first 100m race since his last appearance over the distance almost 22 months ago in Greece last night.
The 30-year-old former drug cheat recovered from a f
alse start at the Papaflessia meeting in Kalamata to clock a time of 10.25 seconds.
That easily bettered the standard of 10.85secs required for the three-day Olympic trials beginning in Birmingham on Friday, July 11 where the heats are on the opening day followed by the final the following afternoon.
The winner there would normally be guaranteed an automatic place in the British team, but Chambers is presently ineligible to represent Team GB.
A BOA bylaw bans all former drug cheats from representing their country at the world's greatest sporting occasion.
"We have already issued proceedings and have been in touch with the BOA's solicitors telling them we intend appealing on Dwain's behalf," Collins said.
"We had to wait for Dwain to clock a qualifying time to enable him to compete in the trials and he has done that tonight.
"Now he's made it, we are finalising the paperwork and hopefully the case may even be heard in the High Court before the end of next week."
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