Fred Kerley sums up 100m men’s final with three words after winning bronze, Noah Lyles winning gold
Fred Kerley didn’t win the Olympic gold medal for the 100-meter dash in Paris, but he was happy with his finish. On X, the American sprinter wrote three words for his reaction to earning the bronze medal on Sunday.
“Good ass final,” Kerley wrote.
Kerley finished with a time of 9.81. The 29-year-old came in just behind silver medal winner Kishane Thompson (9.789) gold medal winner and fellow American teammate Noah Lyles (9.784). This is Kerley’s second Olympic medal as he claimed the silver medal for the 100-meter dash at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The Olympics are not over for Kerley as he’s set to compete in the men’s 4 x 100 meter relay. He won the world title in the event in 2019 and 2023, and his team is looking to be the first American team to win gold since 2000.
Before the Olympics, Kerley spoke to Citius Mag about people doubting him. “If you count me out, keep on counting me out because I know I am counting myself in no matter what, he said, per Pulse Sports. “You do not know the athletes’ plans. The coaches know what you are training for. You are not training for one race, but multiple ones all year. I can go running 11.0s one day and then Boom, the next day I could run rounds much faster. We train for rounds, not race offs.”
Fred Kerley went on to talk about the controversial remarks he had made on social media. “If you know me, you know I like to put stuff out, but right now, I am going back into dark mode, and dark mode is a bit crazy. I feel like I have been like this my whole life,” he said. “If you understand me, you should know me, but from the outside looking at me, people do not know me. But from the inside looking out, people around me know what I have been on.”
Kerley competed at Texas A&M before winning Olympic medals. In March 2017, the Texas native won the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division I Championships. He also joined his younger brother Mylik Kerley to compete in the 4 x 100m relay, and the team won the title.