OLYMPIC silver medalist Darren Campbell (pictured) is ready to go sub-20 seconds for the 200m and says he feels like a world-class athlete again.

Campbell, a Mancunian who lives in Marshfield, was second in both the 100m and 200m at the AAA Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium at the weekend and looks to have put a wretched 2001 behind him.

Since taking silver at Sydney in 2000, Campbell has struggled with a hamstring injury. But he finished second behind Marlon Devonish in the 200m at Birmingham and second behind Mark Lewis-Francis in the 100m to clinch European Championship spots in both events, and has rediscovered his form with the Commonwealth Games 10 days away.

Campbell has till to decide whether to run both events in the Europeans, but having run 20.26 sec in the 200m, he said: "I was a man on a mission to show all the doubters not to write off Darren Campbell. I've proved them wrong.

"For the first time I feel world class and I'm ready now to go sub-20 seconds."

Meanwhile Campbell has hit back at former British sprinter John Regis for showing him a lack of respect and claiming he was running too slow.

"It is wrong for people like John Regis to say I should not have been going to the Commonwealths," said Campbell. "That was disrespectful.

"He went on television and gave the public wrong information about me.". Campbell added: "A Commonwealth medal is the only thing I want."