LONDON — Sprinters Craig Pickering and Tyrone Edgar were selected today for Britain's Olympic 100-meter squad a day after a judge refused to overturn Dwain Chambers' lifetime doping Olympic ban.

Chambers, who served a two-year ban after testing positive for the steroid THG in August 2003, won the British trials in 10.00 seconds last Saturday.

But a judge at London's High Court ruled Friday that he would not grant an injunction against the British Olympic Association's ban partly because it would deny an opportunity to clean athletes who had prepared for the Olympics not expecting Chambers to be competing for selection.

Awaiting the court verdict, the BOA only named European under-23 champion Simeon Williamson, who finished 0.03 seconds behind Chambers, to the sprint squad earlier this week.

Williamson, Pickering and Edgar will be making their Olympic debuts in the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Games.

The 21-year-old Pickering was third in the trials followed by Edgar, who studied at Texas A&M University and is based in California.

Edgar, who won the 100 at last month's European Cup, said Chambers' legal challenge detracted from the rest of the team.

"I'm just thankful the court case is over and grateful for the opportunity," he said. "I've been getting a bit irritated with all the questions about it, but now I just want to forget about it and look forward to Beijing."