Figure skating-Australian Kerry to appeal US sexual misconduct ban

FILE PHOTO: 2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Men Single Skating - Free Skating - Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 10, 2022. Brendan Kerry of Australia before competing. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian Olympic figure skater Brendan Kerry has said he will appeal against a life-time ban in the United States for sexual misconduct involving a minor.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport banned Kerry from any events or activities controlled by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) in a ruling on Tuesday.