Dwain Chambers in Turin

Dwain Chambers paces the track before his heat Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain faces little in the way of competition as he storms through his heat Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers beams after easing through Photograph: Gary Calton/Gary Calton

The big screens show Dwain Chambers and the European indoor 60m record he's about to smash in the semi-final Photograph: Gary Calton/Gary Calton

Chambers, in lane six, prepares to run in his 60m semi-final Photograph: Gary Calton/Gary Calton

Dwain powers his way to a new European indoor 60m record Photograph: Gary Calton

British sprinter Craig Pickering watches on after competing against Dwain Chambers in the European indoor athletics 60m semi-final. Pickering made the final and placed fifth Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers in his hotel room ahead of the final. "Just give me a set of spikes and a track and I'm OK" Photograph: Gary Calton/Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers relaxes in his hotel room before winning the European Indoor Athletics Indoor 60m sprint final Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers tears away from the field on his way to victory in the 60m final Photograph: Gary Calton/Gary Calton

Chambers recovers after his victory in the 60m final in Turin. "It felt like a beginning for me," he says Photograph: Gary Calton

The British press question Dwain Chambers after the final Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers is flanked by Italians Fabio Cerutti and Emanuele Di Gregorio on the winners podium Photograph: Gary Calton/Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers with his coaches and agents after his gold medal winning performance. The team have named themselves 'Team Chambers, Project Bolt!' Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers relaxes after successfully completing his post-race drugs test having won the European Indoor Athletics 60m Photograph: Gary Calton

Dwain Chambers poses with his gold medal Photograph: Gary Calton