TOKYO (AP) — Former world sprint champion Fred Kerley has become the first track athlete and first American to join the no-drug-testing Enhanced Games. Kerley is currently serving a ban for missed doping tests and is not at the world championships in Tokyo this week. His lawyers have said he is looking to contest the so-called whereabouts failures that led …
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Suspended U.S. sprinter Fred Kerley becomes first American male track and field athlete to join Enhanced Games
USA sprinter Fred Kerley has become the first American male track and field athlete to join the Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games are an Olympic-style startup sports organization offering competition in which athletes are permitted to use performance-enhancing substances and methods without drug testing. Kerley posted to social media on Wednesday, confirming his announcement. Kerley is a two-time Olympic medal …
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Sep 17, 2025, 02:52 PM ET Suspended U.S. sprinter Fred Kerley has become the first American man and first track athlete to commit to the no-testing Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games — a startup Olympic-style sports event promising no drug testing — announced Kerley’s participation on social media Wednesday. “This now gives me the opportunity to dedicate all my energy …
Read More »Olympic medallist Fred Kerley becomes first American male athlete to join Enhanced Games
Sprinter Fred Kerley has been announced as the first American male athlete to join the Enhanced Games, the competition which allows performance-enhancing drugs. The 100meter competitor is not competing at the ongoing World Athletics Championships after missing the United States trials, a few weeks before he was then provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for an anti-doping whereabouts …
Read More »U.S. sprinter Fred Kerley provisionally suspended on whereabouts failure charge
American sprinter Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for an anti-doping whereabouts violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced Tuesday. Kerley plans to contest the charge. The AIU, which handles anti-doping cases for track and field, issued a notice of charge to Kerley. According to the sport’s anti-doping rules, any combination of three missed tests or whereabouts failures in a …
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