Today, at the European Indoor championships in Turin, Dwain Chambers recorded an impressive 6.42 seconds in the semi-finals. This followed a field leading 6.53 secs in the first round which left his competitors trailing. Despite a false start from Italy's Fabio Cerutti, Chambers got an impressive start and by 30m was up on the field and continued to motor away from the other competitiors, before finishing in the third quickest time ever. Only Maurice Greene and Andre Cason have run quicker and when asked to comment on whether he would be going for Greene's world record in tomorrow's final he said "lets just wait and see." Chambers will need to improve his time by 0.04 of a second to beat Greene's world record of 6.39, but he looks the sure favourite to win gold tomorrow.
Also through to the final for Britain were Simeon Williamson who ran an impressive 6.61 to win the first semi-final, and Craig Pickering who ran 6.63 to finish fourth behind Chambers. Both will be vying for a medal, but all eyes will be on Chambers and his world record attempt.
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