Former 100m world champion Fred Kerley has been banned for two years for anti-doping violations.
After the American recorded three whereabouts failures between May 11 and December 6, 2024, the tribunal found Kerry to be “negligent and, to a certain extent, reckless” in failing to comply with anti-doping regulations.
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Klee was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) last August and missed the world championships in Tokyo in September.
The 30-year-old’s ban will last until August 11, 2027, and his results from December 6, 2024 to August 12, 2025 will be forfeited, including bonuses, prizes and titles.
Klee was also ordered to pay £3,000 in legal fees and other costs to World Athletics.
The World Anti-Doping Code states that athletes must not miss three anti-doping tests and/or submit failed submissions within a 12-month period.
The AIU said the Disciplinary and Appeal Tribunal did not consider Kerley’s fourth whereabouts failure charge on December 7 because he had already been found guilty of breaches based on the previous three.
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“Whereabouts rules are the basis of integrity”
Klee won the 100m gold at the 2022 World Championships and the men’s 4x100m title in 2019 and 2023.
He has also been on the 100m podium at the past two Olympics, winning silver at Tokyo 2020 and bronze at Paris 2024.
An AIU statement said: “Given Kerley’s level of experience and having been a member of the Test pool since 2017, the tribunal stated that Kerley should have been more careful.”
Brett Clothier, head of the AIU, said: “Unfortunately, complex doping substances may only be detectable in athletes’ samples within days or even hours of taking them.
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“Anti-doping organizations need to be able to test athletes without notice at a date and time of our choosing, otherwise anti-doping programs will not be able to function and doping people will easily avoid detection. Therefore, whereabouts rules are vital to sporting integrity and must be respected.
“The AIU will continue to strictly enforce whereabouts requirements to protect the rights of all athletes to compete with integrity.”
Kerley, who last competed in the Grand Sprint Series in Norwalk, Calif., in July 2025, became the first track athlete and American male to sign up for the controversial Augmented Games in September.
He did not dispute his whereabouts failure on June 13, but blamed the missed test on May 11 on technical issues with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) app and doping control officials (DCOs) for the missed tests on December 6 and 7.
This decision can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
