After taking the silver medal at the Olympics in Tokyo, Texas A&M Aggie Fred Kerley can finally call himself the fastest man in the world after taking gold in the 100 meters with a time of 9.76 seconds at the World Athletics Championships Saturday night at Hayward Field in Oregon.
Regarded as one of the most versatile sprinters in the world, Kerley is the only man in world history to run sub-9.8-seconds in the 100m, sub-20 second in the 200m and sub-44 second in the 400m in their career. The victory marks the 27-year-old’s first career individual world championships gold medal and fifth overall.