The 32-year-old Londoner, who won the sprint double last year in Leiria, claimed victory in 9.99sec, a new championship record and just 0.02 off his personal best set in 1999, four years before he was suspended after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs.

His effort bettered the former European lead set by France's Christophe Lemaitre last month by 0.04 and sees Chambers become the world's seventh fastest sprinter in 2010.

Lemaitre was second in 10.02.

Chambers, though, knows that Lemaitre will be his main opposition at the European Championships in Barcelona next month.

He said: "He's going to come back at me hard.

I have to watch my back, stay injury-free and hopefully just stay one step ahead of the game because he'll be going for gold in Barcelona."

There were also victories for the British team in the shape of world finalist David Greene in the 400m hurdles and world relay silver medallist Martyn Rooney in the 400m.

Greene, who finished seventh in Berlin last summer, was a clear winner in 49.53 ahead of 2006 European champion Periklis Iakovakis and Russia's Aleksandr Derevyagin.

The 24-year-old admitted the conditions had made racing difficult and said: "It was windy, windy, windy! Very hard, but it was nice to get the victory for the team."

Rooney, sixth in the 2008 Olympics, claimed victory in 45.67, 0.05 ahead of two-time Olympic finalist Leslie Djhone with Russian teenager Vladimir Krasnov third.

Rooney said: "First, 12 points: I came here to win, I don't care about the time.

"I came here to do a job.

"The wind was not good for 400metres but I'm happy about the race."