A former track star who had been scheduled for trial next week on heroin distribution charges instead has opted for a plea hearing Thursday.

Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery’s plea agreement hearing is set for 2 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., according to the court docket. Montgomery, who won a gold medal in the 400 relay at the 2000 Olympics and a silver at the 1996 Games, previously had pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial.

Details of the plea deal were not available. The federal prosecutor’s office and defense attorney James O. Broccoletti did not immediately return phone messages.

Montgomery, the former 100-meter world-record holder, was indicted for allegedly dealing more than 100 grams of heroin in Virginia. In May, a judge in New York sentenced Montgomery to 46 months in prison for his part in a multimillion-dollar fake-check scheme.