Montgomery and Gaines receive two-year bans

FORMER 100 metres world record-holder Tim Montgomery and three-time world sprint relay champion Chryste Gaines have been banned for two years after being found guilty of doping offences by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The CAS announced their decisions on the pair, who had been charged by the US Anti-Doping Agency with taking performance-enhancing drugs, in connection with the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO).

In a statement on the CAS website, it emerged that former double world champion Kelli White, who is also serving a two-year ban after admitting doping, testified against the pair claiming they both admitted using prohibited substances provided by BALCO.