Mo Katir, banned for two years

A harsh punishment is expected for Mo Katir (25 years old) as he received this Friday after he skipped three anti-doping controls, but perhaps not with such haste and without waiting for possible appeals that the Murcian athlete could present. In this way, the Integrity Unit in Athletics Katir was disqualified for two years.

That is, the punishment starts on February 7 and lasts until February 6, 2026. It is clear that the Spanish athlete can use Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)as he could with the precautionary suspension, but two of the biggest events that Katir has reached – the Olympic Games in Paris and the European Outdoor Championships– seems a completely unlikely option.

Since the scandal broke, Katir has had his license suspended and news coverage of the bronze medalist in Eugene World Championships 2022 and silver at 5,000 ng Budapest World Championships 2023The RFEA called an emergency press conference in Madrid, where the President Raúl Chapado He was very clear and strong, saying that even if the precautionary suspension was achieved, he would not be counted.

Katir had already said when he was temporarily suspended that he would appeal the punishment and contested his absence from three controls due to errors when completing the data for his location in platform created for this purpose, ADAMS. Furthermore, he is frank: “In the last months and years I have undergone a large number of out-of-competition doping controls with both urine and blood samples, without the slightest problem arising on my part, ” confesses the Spaniard. athlete, emphasizing that this decision “is not a file of violation of doping rules for the use of prohibited substances or methods, even for avoiding doping controls outside of competition. ” And three days ago he made a statement on his social networks where, along with some photos where he was training at altitude, he said: “Give me strength in this test.”