Frederick Kerley is one of the best sprinters of recent years. The American has been regularly bringing home medals in the largest events since 2019 and the world championships in Doha. Interestingly, he won bronze in Qatar, but in the 400 meters. He also became the world champion in the 4×400 meters relay. Only later did he switch to shorter distances, which turned out to be a great decision.
Shorter distance, longer list of successes
The 29-year-old from Texas became the Olympic vice-champion in Tokyo 2021 in the 100 meters, and a year later he won the individual world championship at this distance, winning in Eugene with a result of 9.86 seconds. A year later in Budapest, he did not do so well, he took 9th place, but in turn won in the 4×100 meters relay. At the Olympic Games in Paris last year, he added another medal to his achievements, this time bronze also in the 100 meters. Interestingly, his time was even better than when he became world champion (9.81), but Noah Lyles (9.784) and Kishane Thompson (9.789) were even faster.
Fred Kerley was shocked with a stun gun. It was about… a car
Now Kerley has had a bad start to the new year with a visit behind bars. The sprinter was arrested on Thursday, January 2, in Miami Beach, Florida. This was confirmed by the local police. According to officers, Kerley arrived at 100 9th Street where a police investigation was ongoing. The investigation itself had nothing to do with the athlete, but police operations took place near the place where Kerley parked his car.
We don't know what exactly the police told him. However, the American became more and more aggressive every moment until the officers decided to stop him. This was also difficult, and Kerley was eventually tased until he could be subdued. The Olympic medalist will now be charged with resisting, assaulting a policeman and disturbing public peace.