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Fred Kerley showed off his sprinting skills while his coach kept track of the timing on the stopwatch. The 29-year-old participated in his second Games edition in Paris, adding a bronze medal to his Olympic medal tally.
Kerley competed for Texas A&M Aggies at the NCAA level before turning professional in 2017, having signed with Nike. The same year, he won silver as part of the 4x100m relay event at the World Championships. He made waves in the 2018 outdoor season, including two 400m gold finishes in the Diamond League. In 2019, Kerley anchored the US 4x400m relay team to the gold podium at the Worlds besides winning the individual 400m bronze.
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The Texas native outpaced Justin Gatlin in the 100m at the 2021 Golden Spike and qualified in the same for his first Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he soared to the coveted silver in the finals, despite struggling with a persistent ankle issue. He added a 100m gold at the 2022 World Championships and continued the momentum in the 4x100m relay performance in the 2023 edition.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Fred Kerley finished with the 100m bronze behind Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson. He followed it up with a 100m win at the 2024 Silesia Diamond League. After a successful 2024 season, the double Olympian took to the track again.
In a video posted on his Instagram handle, Kerley was seen covering the dash at blistering speed.
"Keep on Rolling. The Big show," his caption read.
Kerley shifted his role to coaching ahead of the highly anticipated 100m race between pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm. Having trained Duplantis for his race in a Diamond League stop, Kerley expressed pride in his tutee.
Fred Kerley tried his hand at baseball after concluding his 2024 track season with the Diamond League finals
In an X post from September 2024, the Olympian was seen taking a hit in the baseball practice court with his coach. They ended the brief baseball session with a high five.
"With the best hitting coach," his caption read.
In another X post, he shed light on how different baseball felt from his usual sport.
"The cage been different love the energy," he captioned.
Fred Kerley recently appeared on the 'Ready Set Go' podcast, where he agreed to go head-on with the Olympic 100m gold medalist, Noah Lyles.
He further claimed that Lyles' personal best time of 14.41s in the 150m was given to him illegitimately.
"They gave him that time, but anyways...you know what it is."
Kerley became one of the three men to run under 44 seconds in the 400m, under 20 seconds in the 200m, and under 10 seconds in the 100m. He joined the likes of Michael Norman and Wayde van Niekerk with his achievement.
