Former 100m record holder Montgomery jailed

WHITE PLAINS, New York (CNN) -- Former 100 meters world record holder Tim Montgomery has been sentenced to 46 months in jail for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme.

Montgomery, who retired from track and field in 2005 after being banned for doping, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy in the bank fraud and money laundering plot.

Prosecutors said he had a hand in depositing bogus checks worth $1.7 million.

Montgomery, 33, hung his head as Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence. He still faces drug-dealing charges in Virginia.

Montgomery has a child with Marion Jones, the former track superstar who is now in prison for lying about the check scam and about her use of performance-enhancing drugs. They are no longer partners.

Montgomerie won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics as part of the winning U.S. team in the 4 x 100 meters relay, but his greatest moment on the track came in 2002 when he set a world record of 9.78 seconds for the 100 meters.

His athletics career disintegrated when he was implicated in the BALCO doping scandal, banned for two years and saw his world record erased from the record.books.

"I've had everything I ever wanted in life. I've stood on the top of the mountain," Montgomery told the court.

But now, "the gold medal, all those people cheering, that was part of another world. ... In jail, my status is gone."

The judge told him, "Being a track star does not somehow disable someone from saying no."

"I know this is a tough day for you. Think about those kids," the judge said in an apparent reference to Montgomery's four children. "... That's what's going to help you say no next time."

After the sentencing, Montgomery nodded and smiled at his parents, siblings and a girlfriend.

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