"Trash race"- Fred Kerley weighs in on his sub-10 meet record victory at the Silesia Diamond League 2024

US sprinter Fred Kerley called his gold-winning race at the Silesia Diamond League 'trash' and announced his entry at the Rome Diamond League, which is scheduled for August 30, 2024. He clocked 9.87s in the 100m to claim victory over the likes of Ferdinand Omanyala and Ackeem Blake, who finished second and third respectively.

Fred Kerley competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics and clocked 9.81s in the 100m final to finish with the bronze medal behind Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson. The 29-year-old was part of the 4x100m relay team that reached the final but was disqualified due to a botch in baton handover.

Kerley first 100m event after the Paris Olympics came at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland and he clocked 9.87s to win, while also setting a new meet record. Ferdinand Omanyala and Ackeem Blake clocked 9.88s and 9.89s to finish second and third, respectively.

Later, Fred Kerley called his race 'trash' in an X post and announced that the 2024 Rome Diamond League, scheduled for August 30, 2024, would be his next tournament.

"Trash race but on to Rome," his caption read.

In a post-race conversation with FloTrack, Kerley called his race 'sh***y' after not having run with the technicalities in mind.

"I know the race was sh***y as hell I just ran and not being technically sound.....but 987 is actually good," he told FloTrack [0.17].

"It's all about getting everything down" - Fred Kerley after Silesia Diamond League victory

Fred Kerley at the Paris Olympics (Source: Getty)

Speaking after his victory in Poland, Kerley spoke about being competitive and taking care of the minor things.

"It's all about getting everything down and getting competitive and getting the small things done," said the 29-year-old.

Fred Kerley has competed in four Diamond League events so far in 2024, with the race in Poland being his very first victory. He finished the runner-up in the 100m event in Xiamen while ending third in Shanghai. The American also competed in the 200m competition in Lausanne earlier this month and finished third after clocking 19.86 seconds.

The American has previously won two Diamond League titles so far in his career, the first one of them coming in the 400m in 2019 while the second came in the 100m in 2021. Kerley also boasts of five World Championship medals, that includes three golds (100m 4x400m, and 4x100m relay), one silver (4x400m relay), and a bronze (400m).