Things have gone south for Fred Kerley again. The U.S. Olympic 100m silver medalist and 2022 world champion has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for three whereabouts failures in 12 months, announced today. These missed or misreported locations for anti-doping tests breach strict regulations and can lead to a ban of up to two years. The suspension halts his competition eligibility pending a hearing to determine the validity and seriousness of the alleged violations. But he, himself, has responded to it.
Kerley has vowed to fight the charges, claiming at least one failure was not his fault and may have resulted from testing officials’ errors. His legal team hopes to overturn or reduce the sanction. The suspension adds to a turbulent 2025, during which he withdrew from the U.S. Trials, citing personal hurdles and faced unrelated legal troubles, making this latest setback a significant blow to his career momentum. Thinking of all that, a track and field pundit has called out some bigger problems in there.
“I wish Fred Kerley the best and want to see him compete, but when I say things are not looking good, I mean, let’s just, you know, get this out there that people want to see him competing like himself. Fred Kerley is actually one of the greatest talents that we have in track and field, and an athlete like him is actually robbed by the current system,” explained track and field pundit and coach Rob, in his latest YouTube video that aired today. Rob praised Kerley for his performances, like his 44.73 at the Mt. SAC Relays in April, but he pointed out a much bigger problem as well.
The track and field coach said, “He has gold, silver, and bronze in his chest, like he collected all of them, and 2025, again, we knew we weren’t going to see him at the Worlds this year. We didn’t know if we were going to see him on the track again.”
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