Tim Montgomery, the world 100 meters record holder, has been accused by the USADA for using a cocktail of banned drugs, including human growth hormones and the blood-boosting agent EPO.Montgomery's claimed that her client has been made the victim of a witch-hunt after a "bitter" falling-out with Conte and is innocent.
From Guardian.co.uk:
Usada also said in the letter - published in the Los Angeles Times - that it "anticipates testimony" from an unnamed source regarding Montgomery's "admitted use of the 'clear'", allegedly the code name for the designer anabolic steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) manufactured by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative in San Francisco.
Usada alleges that apart from the THG, HGH and EPO (erythropoietin) Montgomery also used several other anabolic steroids.
They also claim to have discovered a series of Montgomery's urine and blood test results that are consistent with the use of banned substances, calendars detailing a drug regime, receipts relating to the purchase of illegal drugs and correspondence referring to Montgomery by Victor Conte, the Balco founder and owner. Montgomery disputes this evidence. Montgomery has always denied taking banned drugs.
Montgomery had until last Friday to respond to Usada's letter and a review board will meet this week to decide whether to charge him along with three other top US sprinters: Chryste Gaines, Michelle Collins and Alvin Harrison. If guilty they face at least a two-year suspension.
The USADA made the allegations in a nine-page letter sent to Montgomery setting out allegations that he was involved in doping as long ago as 2000, two years before he set the record.
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