How do you measure greatness? By Olympic medals? The fastest times? Or the ability to stir a storm with just a few words? Fred Kerley has done all three, but lately, it’s not just his speed making headlines but his words. A 100m bronze in Paris, a meet record in August, and a Diamond League podium last year should’ve kept the focus on his talent. Instead, the Internet had other plans. When an Olympic medalist took a shot at the sprinting elites, the online world erupted.
Kerley, who set a new meet record in the 100 meters last year at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, with a time of 9.87 seconds, posted on social media: “We are not the same. I ran 9.8 in just three months, and the next year, I hit 9.7. It took y’all an entire career to do what I did. And some of your favorites don’t even have an individual Olympic medal—but go ahead, try again.”
The dig came after Fred Kerley received a mysterious 4-second call from an Unknown Caller, which he posted on his Instagram story with the simple message: “Stop playing on my phone.”
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