Team USA sprinter Fred Kerley is suspended for missing doping test

US sprinter and Olympic silver medalist, Fred Kerley, has been suspended for a violation of anti-doping procedures, the Athletics Integrity Unit announced. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Tuesday that the 30-year-old had been charged and provisionally banned. The World Anti-Doping Code states an athlete cannot have a combined three missed three anti-doping tests or filing failures within a 12-month period. In a statement posted on social media, lawyers for Kerley said that their client intends to contest the allegation. [Kerley] strongly believes that one 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 added. ‘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,’ the statement begins. Kerley’s representatives say the two-time Olympic medalist ‘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 concluded by explaining Kerley will ‘not comment further at this time out of respect for the process,’ adding that he ‘looks forward to presenting his case to the appointed hearing panel. Kerley won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 and has won two spring relay golds at the Worlds alongside his individual title.The post Team USA sprinter Fred Kerley is suspended for missing doping test appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.