'I've been clean my whole life, there's nothing to show for it' - Fred Kerley opens up on joining Enhanced Games

Former world 100m champion Fred Kerley has finally opened up on joining the Enhanced Games by summarizing it in three terms: Money, family, and taking ownership of his future.

The US sprinter who became the first track athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games - a start-up sports event that embraces scientific advancements to push the boundaries of human performance by using enhanced drugs has now defended his decision.

Currently under provisional suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for whereabouts failures, Kerley has mocked his ban and continues to assert his innocence and stance to contest the suspension.

"Come test me, you know what I'm saying, come test me. Right, I'm not tripping, you can come to my house any second, any minute, any hour, come test me. I'm not worried about no missed test, no nothing, come test me. I've been clean my whole career, you should come test me," he reiterated on the @madabouttrack podcast.

Kerley further expressed his decision to join the Enhanced Games, stating he's only doing it to protect his future and take ownership, as there's no money running clean in athletics.

"Only thing about signing up to this game is to make money, protect my future. Equity is everything, ownership is everything for me, and they did the exact job I got ownership," he said.

The 30-year-old sprinter has an impressive resume in the sport, having won bronze at the Paris 2024 Games and silver at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics in the 100m event.

He also became the 2022 world champion on home soil in Oregon, and his personal bests in the 100m, 200m, and 400m are: 9.76s, 19.76s, and 43.64s, thus making him one of the very few athletes in history to extend versatility across all events in groundbreaking times.

Still expressing the reasons behind his decision to sign up for the Enhanced Games, Kerley delved into how athletes aren't making enough money to last them after retirement, and he needed that change to protect his family and bloodline.

"A lot of track athletes when they get done with this sport, they don't got nothing to go home to. I've been to two Olympic Games and being a world champion right. So for me, in my understanding is, I got family to feed.

"Guess what? If I go call somebody and ask him to give be $200k, he'll say go get a job. I ain't never had no job, the only thing I know is my feet running. So nobody gonna tell me how to make money and protect my family.

"My bloodline depending on me. I'm the first one to make it out, and my whole job is to continue to. If I make $100 million, I'm gonna continue to make $100 million each and every year. So my whole job is to protect my bloodline," he concluded.

Kerley has his sights set on breaking Usain Bolt's 100m world record of 9.58s with a new time of 9.42s at the Enhanced Games.

If successful in his quest, he would earn an additional $1,000,000 bonus from the Enhanced Games founder, Aron D'Souza.

The Enhanced Games will be held in May 2026 in Las Vegas, with each event projected to carry a prize purse of up to $500,000. The athlete who claims first place in an event will receive $250,000 in addition to all competitors receiving top-tier appearance fees.