Fred Kerley’s 2025 season has unraveled in ways he could not have imagined, leaving the Olympic champion suspended, battling legal issues, and struggling to regain form on the track. Yet in the middle of these public setbacks, another wound has resurfaced, one that is far more personal and enduring.

Long before the headlines of missed tests and courtroom appearances, Kerley endured the sudden loss of a close companion, a tragedy that continues to shadow him years later. That loss was Shavez Hart. The Bahamian sprinter died on September 3, 2022, only two days before his 30th birthday. According to the Royal Bahamas Police, a fight broke out in a nightclub parking lot in North Abaco when one of the men involved returned with a gun and shot Hart in the chest. He was taken to Marsh Harbour

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