USADA take Montgomery case before CAS

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) — The United States Anti-Doping Agency(USADA) has opted to take the case of Tim Montgomery, the 100-meter world record-holder, before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), CAS confirmed.

The request comes a week after Montgomery, charged with doping violations by the USADA and facing a possible lifetime ban, said that he would prefer that the case be examined directly by CAS and skip a US appeal.

Montgomery believes that he would not be treated fairly by a US appeal after criticising the repeated leaking of confidential information, and what he claims are the USADA's changing standards of proof.

He becomes the first athlete in USADA's three years of existence to skip the agency's arbitration system and go...