The AIU (Athletics Integrity Unit) has provisionally suspended U.S. sprinter and two-time Olympic 100m medallist Fred Kerley on whereabouts violations.
Athletes are required to repeatedly replace their whereabouts info to allow them to be examined outdoors of competitors; failure to take action thrice in a 12-month interval, leading to missed doping exams, is taken into account an ADRV (anti-doping rule violation) and usually leads to a two-year suspension.
The AIU has provisionally suspended Fred Kerley (USA) for Whereabouts Failures.
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— Athletics Integrity Unit (@aiu_athletics) August 12, 2025
It’s simply the most recent in a string of troubles dealing with the sprinter, who was arrested twice earlier this 12 months–as soon as in January, after tangling with police in Miami, after which he was charged with home assault towards his spouse, and once more in Might, when he was charged with assaulting a former girlfriend. After his arrest in Might, Kerley withdrew from the Grand Slam Observe meet in Miami during which he was scheduled to race. He completed seventh within the 100m and third within the 200m on the collection’ inaugural meet in Kingston, Jamaica, in April.
Kerley’s lawyer, Howard L. Jacobs, stated in a press release that he intends to “contest the allegation that he has violated the anti-doping guidelines” since he believes the doping management officer didn’t do “what was cheap beneath the circumstances” to find him at his designated location.
With Kerley interesting the governing physique’s ruling, the AIU will now conduct an inside evaluation by interviewing related doping management officers and witnesses. The evaluation might take a number of weeks or months, relying on the complexity of the case.
Kerley gained Olympic silver within the 100m at Tokyo in 2021 and bronze at Paris 2024; he additionally gained world championship gold within the 100m in 2022.
