Fred Kerley is flabbergasted by the ongoing controversies surrounding his career in the track and field industry. A 5-time world champion, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist with 2 Diamond League honors, the American sprinter with season-best performance in 60m, 100m, and 200m makes prominence in his 400m race events. The prominence, however, now comes as a big setback being faced by the sprinter.

Claiming his first individual bronze at the 2019 Doha men’s 4×400m event representing Team USA, Fred Kerley‘s career went forward in emergence with the sixth-fastest timing of 9.76 seconds in the Eugene semi-final race. Despite such achievements and honors, Kerley is now under the brunt of a lot of negative comments.

Fan disappointed by Fred Kerley

Giving his reaction to Fred Kerley’s comment on Noah Lyles’ lifestyle, Malcolm ‘MJ’ Harris’s initial statement made on the sprinter first appeared quite negative. Referring to his professional career, he started questioning the last race played by the sprinter, as Harris wrote, “Now Fred it has been a minute since anyone saw you run a live race 400m correct? I don’t recall seeing you do it in a meet prepping in the last 3 seasons?”

The influencer then went on to ask about the current speed of his real-time race and the reality of short-time sprinting. Lashing out at him for the comments made on Lyles, the influencer questions him on his negative remarks made on Lyles and states his prominence as a 200m sprinter. He wrote, “What is your realistic time now? The short sprints are a different animal. And are you just stroking Noah or do you believe he can’t run faster than any of the top 10 people in a 400 meter from this past season? Being a true 200m person that is hard to fathom.”

Giving a big reply to the comment, Fred interacted with a proven statement made in reference to his career prominence. “I ain’t never lost a 400m at USA so keep it coming.” Receiving such a strong comeback, the influencer, however, took a turn back on his initial comments, writing, “USA that places him 10th, 25th best all countries. So he is relevant. I was mistaken. Please forgive me.”

The American track and field sprinter’s comments on his match-up have, however, left him under a negative image being currently made over social media with only one of the several changing his viewpoint. Getting compared to a sprinter like Noah Lyles came as wrong reflecting out an act of disappointment felt by Fred Kerley.

Fred Kerley is devastated

Gaining prominence in 400m events, the 2024 Olympics bronze medalist since then now comes into highlight after receiving backlash from social media users. The backlash comes in the form of negative criticism after Kerley’s questionable comments made on his Lap Counts 2025 Matchup Wishlist pair-up with Noah Lyles. For the sprinter, the pair-up was not well received.

Reflecting on his disappointment, the 29-year-old reverted back with a comment that highlighted and gained quite a criticism over social media. He wrote, “Bro that’s not even a match-up in no 400m stop disrespecting me. You can at least say someone in the top 10 of the 400m.” For the sprinter, the match-up came as a sign of disrespect, having paired alongside a player who doesn’t even compete in a 400 m event.

Boasting several accolades, such as an Olympic bronze, six world titles, and four Diamond League wins, in his professional career, Noah Lyles’ and Fred Kerley’s comparison isn’t exactly fair. The two, however, boast individual prominence of their career coming in different events. While Lyles’ prominence comes majorly in 100 and 200m events, Kerley is known for his 400m races.

With the proven relevance of Fred Kerley coming into the picture, the track and field sprinter career is no less prominent than other sprinters in the industry. So, do you think a comparison between the two is fair? Let us know in the comments.