U.S. sprint star Fred Kerley joins The Enhanced Games
The doping-encouraged games have officially signed their first track and field athlete
Kevin Morris
The doping-encouraged Enhanced Games have signed their first track and field athlete, and the choice comes as little surprise given his current suspension from World Athletics.
On Wednesday, two-time Olympic medallist and 2022 world 100m champion Fred Kerley was announced as the first sprinter set to compete at the controversial start-up event in May 2026, which allows athletes to compete using performance-enhancing drugs.
🏃♂️ Fred Kerley (@fkerley99) joins the @Enhanced_Games.
👟 First Track athlete.
🇺🇸 First American male athlete.
🙌 Welcome to @Enhanced. pic.twitter.com/E45tjxzekL— Enhanced Games (@enhanced_games) September 17, 2025
The move comes just weeks after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) provisionally suspended the 30-year-old American sprinter for missing three doping tests in 12 months.
In a press release, Kerley said he is eager to begin a new chapter of his career at the Enhanced Games, targeting the 100m world record as his “ultimate goal.”
Kerley has a career best of 9.76 seconds in the 100m, which makes him the seventh fastest man in history. No athlete, dirty or clean, has come close to challenging Usain Bolt’s world record of 9.58 seconds in the last decade.
“This now gives me the opportunity to dedicate all my energy to pushing my limits and becoming the fastest human to ever live,” he said.
The past year has been turbulent for Kerley. In May, he was arrested and charged with “touch or strike battery” following an argument with an ex-girlfriend, just days before a Grand Slam Track event in Miami.
The Enhanced Games are scheduled for May 22–24, 2026, at Resorts World Las Vegas, featuring a six-lane 160-metre indoor track. The athletics program will be limited to just three events: the men’s 100m, men’s 110m hurdles and women’s 100m hurdles. The Enhanced Games have enticed several swimmers, and now Kerley, by proposing a $1 million bonus for breaking a world record.
Enhanced Games, where doping is encouraged, expect to threaten Olympic status quo
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has repeatedly condemned the Enhanced Games, dismissing them as “bollocks” and “a dangerous clown show.” He has also warned that any athlete who competes will face lengthy bans from World Athletics.
