Athletics-Defending champion Kerley fails to make 100m final

Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 100m Semi Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 20, 2023 Netherlands' Raphael Bouju, Fred Kerley of the U.S. and Australia's Rohan Browning in action during heat 3 REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - American Fred Kerley will not be defending his world 100 metres title later on Sunday after he failed to progress from the semi-finals, as his compatriots Noah Lyles and Christian Coleman qualified fastest for the final.

Kerley, who has been in good form this season, was never in the mix in the last of three heats, finishing third in 10.02 to miss out on a fastest-loser slot by a hundredth of a second.