USA's Kerley suspended for whereabouts violation
Kerley, who won 100m gold at the 2022 World Championships, last competed at the Grand Sprint Series in Norwalk, California in July. He withdrew from the US track and field trials last month, writing on social media that he was taking time out. "The 100m should be a straight sprint. 2025 has presented many hurdles," he said.In January, Kerley was tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida. Then in May, he was reported to have been arrested for allegedly punching his former girlfriend and fellow athlete Alaysha Johnson in the face.Kerley said his arrest was down to a "misunderstanding" and he would clear his name.
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The Team GB icon now shares son Albie, four, with Parsons, while she is also mum to daughter Summer, 10, from her relationship with ex-husband Harry Needs. It is now 17 years since Adlington burst onto the scene and became a household name at the age of 19, with her wins in the 400m and 800m freestyle races seeing her become the first woman to win swimming gold for Team GB in nearly 50 years, as well as the first British swimmer to win more than one gold medal at a single Olympics in a century. The Mansfield swimmer went on to add Commonwealth, European and World Championship golds to her tally, as well as two bronze medals at the London Olympics in 2012, while she has gone on to have a successful career in punditry with the BBC and tried her hand at reality TV, starring on shows including I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, Celebrity MasterChef and The Jump. However, while she has experienced career success, Adlington's personal life has seen her go through some difficult times of late, having split from her first husband and received a life-changing diagnosis either side of her heartbreaking miscarriages. Adlington married Needs in 2014, five years after they met as young professional swimmers, and they welcomed their daughter Summer less than a year later. However, the following year, their 18-month marriage came to an "amicable" end, with a statement from the couple reading: "It's after much thought and sadness that we confirm our separation. It is on amicable terms and we still remain close friends. "We move forward with respect for one another and our focus and commitment is on parenting our gorgeous daughter Summer." Four years later, Needs publicly came out as bisexual, explaining that he had "never had the time to explore his sexuality fully" before his marriage to Adlington. Admitting that this caused him to suffer with anxiety and depression, the personal trainer told GuysForYou: "I didn't say a thing. For me personally, my journey with Rebecca was a destination to love. "I think as an unconfident bisexual man it was extremely difficult back then to admit it even to myself, especially considering I had zero experience with the same sex. Once I knew I loved Rebecca, I was committed to that relationship and its journey for the rest of my life." Explaining how Adlington supported him after he came out to her a year after they separated, he added: "I never felt I deceived her, because I loved her and like I already said, I never had the time to discover my full sexuality." Adlington went on to find love with facilities manager Parsons, with the pair dating for three years after meeting on dating site Bumble, before tying the knot in 2021. 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Coeliac UK is handing a petition to Number 10 to make sure we're heard, so please sign and share the petition today." The petition received a remarkable 22,826 signatures and was delivered to Downing Street earlier this year.
