Chambers is due to go head-to-head with Mark Lewis-Francis and Jason Gardener in Ostrava on Thursday night in what looked set to be an exciting run-off for the place in the British team.
But he hopes that the 'Linford Christie' affect may be felt and a new generation of hurdlers come through as we now have an era of top-class sprinters with the likes of Dwain Chambers, Mark Lewis-Francis, Christian Malcolm and Darren Campbell.