MONACO (AP) — U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley has been provisionally suspended for “whereabouts failures” under the sport's anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Tuesday .

Lawyers for the 30-year-old Kerley hit back in a statement posted on the athlete's account on X .

“Fred Kerley has already notified the AIU that he intends to contest the allegation that he has violated the anti-doping rules related to whereabouts failures, as he strongly believes that one of (or) more of his alleged missed tests should be set aside either because he was not negligent or because the Doping Control Officer did not do what was reasonable under the circumstances to locate him at his designated location,” the statement said.

It added: “Fred will not comment further at this time out of

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