Chambers' Olympics court date is delayed by 24 hours

Dwain Chambers' showdown with the British Olympic Association at the High Court has been put back 24 hours to Thursday.

The move follows a request by the BOA, whose chairman Lord Moynihan is out of the country on Wednesday, when the injunction hearing was originally due to be heard. Chambers is appealing against the BOA bylaw which forbids drugs offenders from competing for Britain at the Olympics and is seeking a temporary lifting of the ban to allow him to go to Beijing.

The switch to Thursday still allows time for the loser to appeal the judge's decision on Friday - ahead of the final deadline for submission of Olympic teams on Saturday.

Britain's athletics selectors were meeting in Birmingham today to pick their team for Beijing, facing the scenario which they had always dreaded following Chambers' emphatic victory in Saturday's 100 metres trial.

Whatever selection decision they come to for the 100m could be rendered redundant by the court although Tyrone Edgar, the sprinter who could end up the biggest loser of all in the Chambers saga, remains hopeful the ban will not be overturned.

The US-based Londoner said: "If I did not go, I would not feel too happy. The Olympic Games are my dream. I think the rules should stand."