"British athletes across multiple sports are being targeted by the Enhanced Games after the US sprint star Fred Kerley became the biggest name yet to sign up for the controversial event. Kerley, the world 100m champion in 2022, said he was joining the Enhanced Games, which allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs that are banned in official events, to become the fastest man ever."
"Ricky Simms, the head of Pace Sports, said: We did not negotiate this deal and no longer represent Fred Kerley. The American sprinter, who won silver over 100m in Tokyo and bronze in Paris last year, has been provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit for whereabouts failures. If found to have committed an anti-doping violation, Kerley will be given a minimum two-year ban from track and field."
"He is currently suspended so he is not a member of World Athletics, said Howman. We can't say anything further about him until that case is concluded. But because he is suspended, he has no rights at all in relation to athletics. What might happen in the future is for the future. That could include a future suspension process, for example."
The Enhanced Games plans to allow athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs in competition and has recruited high-profile names including Fred Kerley and Ben Proud. Organisers have been reaching out to British athletes across multiple sports. Kerley has been dropped by his agents at Pace Sports Management and faces a provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit for whereabouts failures. A confirmed anti-doping violation would carry a minimum two-year ban and could prompt further sanctions. The event is scheduled for Las Vegas next May, and AIU chairman David Howman questioned the event's appeal, comparing its spectacle to Romans watching Christians fighting lions.
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