WASHINGTON: American sprinter Tim Montgomery was using performance enhancing drugs when he set the coveted 100m world record of 9.78sec, accused steroid peddler Victor Conte said in an interview aired on ABC television's 20/20 programme on Friday.
Conte, one of four men facing charges stemming from an investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO), which he founded, said he developed a plan that included doping coupled with physical training specificially targeted at making Montgomery the world's fastest man.