Fast Break

Track and field

Montgomery sentenced

Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months in prison Friday for his part in a multimillion- dollar fake-check scheme.

The former track star, 33, hung his head as Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence in White Plains, N.Y.

Montgomery 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 retired in 2005 after he was banned from track and field for doping. He was stripped of his world record and some of his medals.

He has a child with Marion Jones, the track superstar who is in prison for lying about the check scam and about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Olympics

Amputee sprinter can compete

His Olympic dream suddenly revived, Oscar Pistorius can get back to what he loves most – running.

The double-amputee sprinter from South Africa was cleared to compete in his bid to qualify for the Beijing Games.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lusanne, Switzerland, overturned a ruling by the International Association of Athletics Federations that barred the 21-year-old runner from the Olympics and any other able-bodied competition because of his prosthetic racing blades.

He holds the 400-meter Paralympic world record of 46.56 seconds but must reach the qualifying time of 45.55 to compete in the individual event in Beijing.