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Tim Montgomery, who reiterated that he never “knowingly” took steroids, called it quits just one day after being slapped with a two-year suspension for using steroids.
Montgomery’s retirement announcement ends a controversial sprint career that was highlighted by a world record in the 100 metres (9.78 seconds) in 2002 in Paris. “I’m done,” Montgomery told the Los Angeles Times. “I never took anything knowingly. No.”
Montgomery, who has never tested positive for drugs, gets to keep the gold medal he won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics but he must forfeit all winnings and results since March 31, 2001. That is the period when Montgomery allegedly spoke to the star witness for the anti-doping investigators, sprinter Kelli White, about the effects of the ‘clear’ substance on their bodies. Authorities believe the “clear” is a once undetectable steroid, now known as tetrahydrogestrinone or THG.
