World 100m champion in 2022 faces two-year ban after lacking three doping exams over a one-year interval however he plans to attraction
Fred Kerley, the American sprinter who gained the world 100m title in Eugene in 2022, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit because of breaking whereabouts guidelines.
The 30-year-old, who gained Olympic 100m silver in 2021 and bronze in 2024, may obtain a two-year ban.
Kerley plans to problem the accusations, although. “I’ve by no means used efficiency enhancing medicine and have at all times competed clear,” he stated on social media. “I firmly imagine a number of of the alleged ‘missed exams’ weren’t missed. I’ll combat for my identify and legacy.”
His lawyer Howard Jacobs added: “He strongly believes that a number of of his alleged missed exams needs to be put aside both as a result of he was not negligent or as a result of the doping management officer didn’t do what was cheap underneath the circumstances to find him at his designated location.”
Neither Kerley nor the AIU have acknowledged when or the place the missed exams occurred.
Kerley missed the USATF Championships this month and wrote on social media on the time: “Taking a while out to get again on observe. The 100m needs to be a straight dash. 2025 has offered many hurdles. Due to all my supporters.”
In January he was tasered by police after an altercation in Miami.
