The American Fred Kerley is temporarily suspended, announced on Tuesday the unit of integrity of athletics (AIU). The double Olympic medalist out of 100 my missing “to its location obligations”.
High -level athletes are subject to scrupulous location obligations (address, internships, training, competitions) and must indicate a one hour niche every day and a place so that they can be tested unexpectedly.
Three breaches of these obligations (a missed control, the “no show”, or imprecise information noted by the anti -doping agency) in less than a year is punishable by a sanction.
He disputes
“Fred Kerley has already notified the AIU of his desire to challenge the allegation that he would have violated the rules of anti -doping location,” said a statement from the law firm specializing in anti -doping Howard L. Jacobs, relayed by Kerley on his social networks.
“It is convinced that one or more of the missed tests can be disputed because it has not been negligence or because the controller has not made all the reasonable efforts necessary to locate it.”
A chaotic year
The announcement of the sprinter’s provisional suspension adds a new episode to its already chaotic year.
Kerley had forfeited for the US selections two weeks ago and could therefore not claim a selection for the Tokyo World Championships (September 13-21).
The American was arrested in early May in Miami in early May following an altercation in the official hotel of athletes participating in the Grand Slam Track, a new circuit launched this year by Michael Johnson.
In January, Kerley had already been arrested in Miami after a strong altercation with the police. In another case, he was accused and prosecuted in January for domestic violence on the mother of his children. He pleaded not guilty in these two cases.
The 100 m after the 400 m
Kerley, 30 years old, was built in a few years a magnificent record after having decided to abandon his first specialty, the 400 m (world bronze in 2019, world silver of the 4×400 m in 2017), to focus on the 100m.
After his surprise emergence at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games behind the Italian Marcell Jacobs, Kerley had been crowned world champion at home in Eugene in 2022 (in 9”76, his record) then again medalist, bronze, at the Olympic Games in Paris last summer.
This article was published automatically. Sources: ATS / AFP