Fred Kerley’s 2025 has unfolded with one blow after another. First, he withdrew from the Grand Slam Track meeting in Miami. Then, he pulled out of the US Track and Field Championships in Oregon, ruling him out of this year’s World Championships in Tokyo. So on after, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended him for three whereabouts failures within 12 months. Such a sanction was enough to leave the possibility of a two-year ban. However, as fans were waiting to unravel the future of the Olympic medalist in the coming days, the athlete himself made a decision – he signed with the Enhanced Games, leaving the track world stunned.
On August 12, the AIU issued a Notice of Charge. It detailed Fred’s accounts of missed tests and failures in filing. Kerley responded by anno