SA in line for belated relay gold

US sprinters deliver gold

South Africa are claiming their 4x100m relay team will be awarded gold at the 2001 World Championships following American Tim Montgomery's doping ban.

Montgomery was part of the US team that won in Edmonton but his two-year ban means they will be stripped of gold.

Athletics govering body, the IAAF is studying all of Montgomery's races before making an official decision.

If South Africa receive gold Trinidad and Tobago would be promoted to silver with Australia taking bronze.

The United States team won the race in a time of 37.96 seconds, with Montgomery bringing the quartet home.

Montgomery hit with two-year ban

Montgomery was banned together with Chryste Gaines in December based on evidence gathered in the Balco laboratory case.

Neither sprinter tested positive for drugs and both vehemently denied the charges.

All of Montgomery's results and awards since 31 March 2001, including his former 100m world record, are set to be scrubbed from the record books.

The decision to award the golds to Morne Nagel, Leeroy Newton, Matthew Quinn and Corne du Plessis would double South Africa's gold-medal tally at the 2001 event.

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