Tim Montgomery has pleaded guilty to a federal heroin distribution charge

Former track star Tim Montgomery has pleaded guilty to a federal heroin distribution charge, days before he was set to go to trial in Virginia.Montgomery entered the plea Thursday and faces a minimum of five years in prison. The Olympic gold medallist and former 100-metre world-record holder was arrested in April and accused of dealing more than 100 grams of heroin over a one-year period, denying his guilt to a Virginia newspaper after his arrest .He also faces up to $2 million US in fines and at least four years of supervised release