Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley pulls out of USATF Championships, will miss Worlds in Tokyo
The 30-year-old sprinter announced his decision to miss the USATF Championships, which are being staged at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon between July 31 and August 3, on social media and subsequently will not be eligible to participate in this year's World Championships in Tokyo.
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Kerley won silver at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and bronze in Paris last year, and won the world 100m title in Eugene in 2022.
Confirming his withdrawal from this year's evnt, Kerley wrote: 'The 100m should be a straight sprint. 2025 has presented many hurdles. Taking some time out to get back on track. No USATF Champs this year. Thanks to all my supporters.'
Kerley ran 9.76 — the sixth fastest time ever — and 9.77 seconds in the semi-final and final in the USATF Championships in 2022, before winning the World Championships later that year in 9.86.
The American's 9.76 time had not been bettered since until last month, when Jamaican Kishane Thompson ran 9.75 — the world's fastest time in a decade.
The top three U.S. sprinters in Friday's 100m final in Eugene will qualify for September's World Championships and will join Noah Lyles, who has received a bye onto the team as the defending world champion.
In May, Kerley was charged with touch or strike battery and suspended by Grand Slam Track (GST), the new track league founded by celebrated Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson.
Kerley was arrested at a hotel in Dania Beach, Florida, where athletes were staying ahead of the Miami meet, after his ex-girlfriend alleged that he had hit her in the face.
According to a police report, the woman told police that Kerley approached her at the hotel and alleged that Kerley began to argue with her and struck her in the face with a closed fist, causing her nose to bleed.
Kerley's attorney, Richard L. Cooper, said that the sprinter had been 'arrested without thorough investigation by law enforcement. 'Fred never battered anyone,' Cooper said in a statement to The Athletic in May. 'We are focused on working with prosecutors to show that this arrest was a mistake and no charges should be filed. I am confident in that goal.'
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