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Yahoo
a day ago
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Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts violation
Sprinter Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for an alleged anti-doping whereabouts violation. World champion in the 100m in 2022, Kerley won bronze over the distance at Paris 2024 but could face a two-year ban if the charge is upheld. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that the 30-year-old had been charged and provisionally banned. The World Anti-Doping Code states an athlete cannot have a combined three missed three anti-doping tests or filing failures within a 12-month period. In a statement posted on social media, lawyers for Kerley said that their client intends to contest the allegation. '[Kerley] strongly believes that one or more of his alleged missed tests should be set aside either because he was not negligent or because the doping control officer did not do what was reasonable under the circumstances to locate him at his designated location," the statement added. Kerley won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and has won two spring relay golds at the Worlds alongside his individual title. He was absent, however, from the US track and field trials for the Tokyo World Championships, writing on X, formerly Twitter, that he was taking time out. "The 100m should be a straight sprint. 2025 has presented many hurdles," Kerley said. "Thanks to all my supporters."
The Independent
a day ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended for whereabouts violation
Sprinter Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for an alleged anti-doping whereabouts violation. World champion in the 100m in 2022, Kerley won bronze over the distance at Paris 2024 but could face a two-year ban if the charge is upheld. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that the 30-year-old had been charged and provisionally banned. The World Anti-Doping Code states an athlete cannot have a combined three missed three anti-doping tests or filing failures within a 12-month period. In a statement posted on social media, lawyers for Kerley said that their client intends to contest the allegation. '[Kerley] strongly believes that one or more of his alleged missed tests should be set aside either because he was not negligent or because the doping control officer did not do what was reasonable under the circumstances to locate him at his designated location," the statement added. Kerley won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and has won two spring relay golds at the Worlds alongside his individual title. He was absent, however, from the US track and field trials for the Tokyo World Championships, writing on X, formerly Twitter, that he was taking time out. "The 100m should be a straight sprint. 2025 has presented many hurdles," Kerley said. "Thanks to all my supporters."
BBC News
2 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
USA's Kerley suspended for whereabouts violation
United States sprinter Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for an alleged anti-doping whereabouts violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday. Kerley, 30, who won 100m bronze at last summer's Paris Games, could face a two-year ban if the charge is upheld. The World Anti-Doping Code states an athlete cannot miss three anti-doping tests and/or filing failures within a 12-month a statement posted on X,, external lawyers for Kerley said he intends to contest the allegation. "[Kerley] strongly believes that one or more of his alleged missed tests should be set aside either because he was not negligent or because the doping control officer did not do what was reasonable under the circumstances to locate him at his designated location," it added. 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 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 said his arrest was down to a "misunderstanding" and he would clear his name.
