Former 100m world champion Kerley banned for two years

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley is banned for two years for an anti-doping whereabouts violation.

Sprinter Fred Kerley has been handed a two-year suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit for missing drug tests between May and December 2024. Kerley responded with critical social media posts targeting anti-doping regulators.

Fred Kerley received a two-year ban for missing drug tests, a suspension unlikely to impact him as he has joined a league that does not prohibit performance enhancers. The Athletics Integrity Unit cited his negligence in adhering to anti-doping regulations.

Fred Kerley has been banned for two years after missing three drug tests within a 12-month period. The Athletics Integrity Unit found him 'negligent and, to a certain extent, reckless' in not adhering to anti-doping regulations.

Fred Kerley has been suspended for two years for missing three drug tests in a 12-month span. The Athletics Integrity Unit ruled that he was 'negligent and, to a certain extent, reckless' in not adhering to anti-doping rules.

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American sprinter Fred Kerley has been suspended for missing three out-of-competition drug tests within a 12-month period, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Friday. The AIU said Kerley's missed tests qualify as whereabouts failures under the World Anti-Doping Code, which requires athletes in a registered testing pool to provide daily location details so they can be tested without notice. Three missed tests or filing failures in a year can trigger a sanction of up to two years.

Three failures within a year to comply with the requirements, such as a missed test or inaccurate information given to the anti-doping agency, are punishable. An AIU statement said Kerley had breached those rules three times between May 11 and Dec 6, 2024. A further whereabouts failure on December 7, 2024 was not taken into account when determining his suspension, which will run until August 2027.