Olympic 100m medallist Fred Kerley joins Enhanced Games weeks after ban | Athletics

The Olympic 100m silver and bronze medallist Fred Kerley will compete within the inaugural Enhanced Games, the occasion’s organisers revealed on Wednesday, weeks after the Athletics Integrity Unit handed the American a provisional suspension for whereabouts failures.

The 2022 100m world champion is the primary observe athlete and American man to hitch the occasion that allows athletes to make use of performance-enhancing medicine which are banned in official competitors.

“I’m looking forward to this new chapter and competing at the Enhanced Games,” Kerley stated. “The world record has always been the ultimate goal of my career. This now gives me the opportunity to dedicate all my energy to pushing my limits and becoming the fastest human to ever live.”

Organisers say that the Enhanced Games may help rework sports activities science because it bucks international anti-doping norms, whereas critics have derided it as harmful to athletes’ well being.

Enhanced Games launched an anti-trust lawsuit in opposition to World Aquatics, USA Swimming and the World Anti-Doping Agency for as much as $800m in August, alleging an unlawful marketing campaign to “crush” the competitors. Wada beforehand slammed the occasion as “dangerous and irresponsible”.

Kerley joins a number of elite swimmers who already signed on for the competitors, together with the Olympic silver medallist swimmer Ben Proud, the primary Briton to signal on.

“Fred’s choice to compete with us not only demonstrates our goal of hosting the most exciting athletic competitions out there, but also solidifies the growing appeal of the Enhanced Games as the future of elite sporting competition,” the Enhanced Games chief govt, Maximilian Martin, stated.

The inaugural Enhanced Games is ready for Las Vegas in May 2026.