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AIU Hands Fred Kerley Two-Year Ban for Whereabouts Failures

The case centers on three 2024 whereabouts failures under rules requiring athletes to provide daily location details for no-notice testing.

Athletics - Diamond League - Silesia - Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland - August 25, 2024 Fred Kerley of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
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Fred Kerley won the 100m world title in 2022
Fred Kerley has been hit with a two-year ban after missing three out-of-competition drug tests within a 12-month period.

Overview

  • The Athletics Integrity Unit announced a two-year suspension on Friday after Fred Kerley missed three out-of-competition tests within a 12-month span.
  • A tribunal said Kerley was negligent and to a degree reckless, citing missed tests from May 11 to December 6, 2024, while a fourth alleged failure on December 7 was not considered.
  • His ineligibility runs through August 11, 2027, and results from December 6, 2024 to August 12, 2025 have been disqualified, with £3,000 ordered in costs.
  • Kerley did not contest a June 13 failure but attributed other missed tests to a USADA app issue and to actions by a doping control officer.
  • He has signed to compete in the Enhanced Games, which do not prohibit performance enhancers, and he criticized regulators in social media posts after the ruling.