Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - US sprinter and Olympic silver medalist, Fred Kerley, has been suspended for a violation of anti-doping procedures, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced.
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.
'Fred Kerley has already notified the AIU that he intends to
contest the allegation that he has violated the anti-doping rules related to
whereabouts failures,' the statement begins.
Kerley's representatives say the two-time Olympic medalist
'strongly believes that one of [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 concluded by explaining Kerley will 'not
comment further at this time out of respect for the process,' adding that he
'looks forward to presenting his case to the appointed hearing panel.
Kerley won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
and has won two spring relay golds at the Worlds alongside his individual
title.
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