inOstrava in the Czech Republic later this month.
The race, on 25 May, will be Chambers' first at such a significant
athletics event for six years.
Dwain is a lovely guy and has done a lot for anti-doping... he's done
his time, the ban has been overturned so let's support him
Gail Emms
Former Olympian
Earlier this week Chambers, who served a drugs ban, was granted
eligibility to compete at the Olympics by the Court of Arbitration for
Sport (Cas).
And he has now been invited to run at the World Challenge event, which
is a rung below the Diamond League.
The British sprinter will face Bolt, who is competing at the Czech
venuefor the sixth time.
The race will also feature American Darvis Patton, Lerone Clarke of
Jamaica and Zimbabwe's Ngonidzashe Makusha, who have all run the
distance in under 10 seconds.
Chambers, who was banned in 2003 after testing positive for the drug
THG, has been absent from the biggest meetings in Europe because of a
recommendation to ban drug cheats that was followed by most promoters.
The Ostrava invitation follows his clearance for selection at the
Olympics, and Chambers is confident more invitations could follow.
In addition, the Cas ruling in April means drugs cheats who have
served bans, such as Chambers and British cyclist David Millar, are
now able to try to qualify for the Team GB squad for London 2012.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 live, 2004 Olympic badminton silver medallist
Gail Emms reacted: "Dwain is a lovely guy and has done a lot for
anti-doping, but I wish the Games could be kept special.
"But he's done his time, the ban has been overturned so let's support him."
Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey has also been invited to compete in the race.
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