Hurdler Rhys Williams has said that he is looking forward to competing again after his long spell out with a doping ban.
The 31-year-old has not raced in over 10 months after failing a drugs test for taking a contaminated supplement, but he was cleared by the UK Anti-Doping of knowingly cheating.
"All of that is now behind me and I can't wait to get back on the track and into a racing situation," Wales Online quotes Williams as saying. "I've run at the Welsh regional championships before and I don't know why more athletes don't use these events to easy their way into the season.
"Training has been going well and my focus is firmly fixed on qualifying for the British team for the World Championships in Beijing. I've got five or six races in the diary in the build-up to the World Trials on July 5.
"I've never been more determined to try to win a British vest and the experiences of the past year have only served to make me mentally stronger. I know it's going to be a really tough battle to qualify for Beijing, but that's the goal."
Due to his doping ban, Williams was forced to withdraw from last summer's Commonwealth Games, where he was set to be co-captain of Wales's athletics team.
Alex Meyers
