Olympic Medalist Sentenced

Former British track star David Jenkins was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison and fined $75,000 for his role in an international steroid-smuggling ring.

Jenkins, 36, a member of Britain’s Olympic silver medal-winning 400-meter relay team in 1972, was ordered into custody immediately after U.S. District Judge J. Lawrence Irving pronounced sentence. Jenkins, of Del Mar, Calif., had faced up to 16 years and a $1-million fine after pleading guilty to four counts stemming from operation of the ring that prosecutors said at one time dominated the U.S. black market for the muscle-enhancing drug.