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30 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 10 FEBRUARY 2019 SPORTS ATHLETICS DWAIN Chambers was disqualified for a false start in the British Indoors 60m semi-final in Birmingham, ending his European Indoor Championship hopes. The former world indoor champion, 40, needed a top-two finish and to reach a qualification standard of 6.60 seconds. Asha Philip finished strongly in the women's 60m to win in 7.19 seconds. In the women's 60m hurdles, hep- tathlon specialist Katarina Johnson- Thompson finished second in 8.27 sec- onds as Cindy Ofili claimed victory in 8.16. The men's 60m was won by 19-year- old Dominic Ashwell in 6.64, narrowly missing the qualifying standard of 6.60. He will have another opportunity at next week's Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham. Rachel Miller of Thames Valley ran a personal best of 7.20 to finish narrowly behind Philip in the women's 60m and secure a place in her first senior cham- pionships. Holly Bradshaw claimed pole vault victory in her first appearance at the event for five years, recording 4.80m - just the fourth time she has achieved that height. Chambers retired in July 2017 and has only competed twice since. After easing through his opening round yesterday, he was too fast off the mark in his semi-final. "I feel like a fossil coming back into the sport again and being resurrected," he said after his disqualification. "I'm going to walk out there with my tail between my legs unfortunate- ly, watch how the weekend goes and then review." Chambers was banned for doping in 2004 but returned to the sport in 2006 and won the 60m world title four years later. He attempted to break into Ameri- can football during his two-year doping ban and did so again in 2007, before an unsuccessful trial spell at rugby league club Castleford Tigers in 2008. He took gold at the World Indoors in Doha in 2010 and bronze two years lat- er in Istanbul but last represented Great Britain in 2014. The European Indoors take place be- tween 1-3 March in Glasgow. Dwain Chambers disqualified after false start in British Indoors 60m semi-final Chambers last competed for GB five years ago