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Fred Kerley has explained the misstep that cost him the 100m Olympic title in Paris, believing neither Kishane Thompson nor Noah Lyles deserved to beat him, though he still considers the race one of his best.
Fred Kerley has explained how he lost the men’s 100m final title at the Paris Olympic Games and why neither Kishane Thompson nor Noah Lyles never deserved to beat him in the race.
Fred Kerley had been working around the clock before the Olympic Games and he was sure of getting the win, however, a slight misstep in his transition cost him a win. The race was won by Noah Lyles who clocked a stunning 9.79 seconds, milliseconds ahead of Kishane Thompson who clocked 9.79 seconds.
The 2022 world champion and former Olympic 100m silver medallist was forced to round up the podium in 9.81 seconds. In an interview on the Ready Set Go podcast, Fred Kerley pointed out that he had a great start from the blocks and was already doing well before things switched up on him as he was accelerating, forcing him to now become the chaser despite starting out nicely.
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“I gave that race up, when I got up, I was killing them but when I got to my transition, I took a step backwards and then trying to run again. I lost that race but you live and learn…I didn’t tell anybody but that race was not supposed to be won by none of them, I lost that race and old boy never had pressure on the side because he was already locking up and I’m seeing him locking up too and Noah was just too far away and you can’t really see him because it basically was like a blank line and I can’t really see nobody…that race was lost by my transition,” Fred Kerley said.
He explained that one thing that contributed to the loss was staying on the starting line for a long time, affecting his adrenaline and making him lose psyche ahead of the race.
However, Fred Kerley added that the race remains one of his best and he lauded everyone who got to the final, revealing that they could have posted even faster times, ones that the world was not ready for.
He added that everyone who crossed the finish line should walk with pride since it’s not always medals that determine the greatness of an athlete. The men’s 100m final was delayed for a while, with loud music playing in the background, something that raised concern but the reason behind that was never addressed.
“I feel like we waited too long in Paris but they said somebody ran on the track…I’m looking like, so my heart was just beating and beating fast and I was ready to run and it just went away. My adrenaline went away and I feel like we all could have…you could have probably seen a faster race out of everybody,” Fred Kerley said.
“I believe like the 9.7 and even the person that ran 9.91 seconds, we all could have run something that the world was not ready to watch if it would have happened five minutes earlier. I feel like the race was going to be faster than what it is but you can’t take that away but the race was definitely one for the ages, definitely one of the most beautiful races I’ve been a part of.
It all basically came down to dip the fast, there is nothing to take away from that and I feel like everybody who was in that final should be walking away proud…cause a medal doesn’t define your greatness.”
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