Montgomery Admits Steroid Use

Former sprinter Tim Montgomery, currently serving time behind bars for heroin dealing and cheque fraud, has admitted that he used anabolic steroids and HGH (Human Growth Hormone) in the build up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Montgomery announced, in an interview for HBO, that during his preparations for the Sydney games, that he used testosterone and HGH four times a month to get himself into shape.

In September 2002, Montgomery broke the world record over 100 meters by slashing the record time by 0.01 seconds to 9.78 seconds.

This record was stripped from the sprinter following implications of his involvement in the Balco Labs steroid scandal. Although he never tested positive for the use of anabolic steroids, press reports state that he and a host of other prominent athletes were obtaining drugs from the Balco Laboratories in San Francisco where they had steroids for sale.

Not only did he have his records and titles stripped as a result of the Balco incident, but Montgomery received a two year ban from professional sports prompting his retirement from athletics.

Montgomery is currently serving more than 8 eight years in jail following his involvement in a $775,000 cheque fraud scam and for selling more than 100 grams of heroin in the Virginia Beach area.

He was also involved with former sprinter Marion Jones. Jones, who was also indicted in the Balco Labs case, now has a child with Tim but the pair is no longer together.

It appears that the disgraced sprinter is now ready to hand over his medals won during the Sydney games.

"I have a gold medal that I'm sitting on that I didn't get with my own ability ... I'm not here to take away from anybody else's accomplishments, only my own. I apologize to the other people that was on the relay team if that was to happen."

It remain open as to whether the IOC will strip the rest of the relay team of their gold medals also.