Mo Katir He saw how his future in athletics was more scrutinized than ever. The Spanish athlete is serving a two-year ban for skipping three anti-doping controls since last February 7, but in the last few hours it became known that His sentence was extended by another two years, until February 6, 2028.
Katir, who is already serving a sanction from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for “three location failures in the last twelve months” when passing doping controls, he was found guilty of tampering with evidence.
Ten months after that penalty, Katir received a notice of a violation provided for article 2.5 of its anti-doping regulations. Violation refers to ‘interference’, the manipulation or attempted manipulation of any part of the doping control process.
Due to the harshness of the punishment, Katir spoke: “The act of interference for which I am meant to be punished will take place on February 28, 2023, at the same time as the first localization failure. As I already know, I changed the date of a trip on the plane to Lisbon on the reservation and the ticket, because AIU was informed that he had traveled to the said city on a particular day, when, in reality, he had done so two days before“, explained the Mula athlete in his statement.
“I thought on February 28, 2023, there was a first location failure due to improperly updating the location data in ADAMS. However, I have already considered the bad travel date change in the reservation and airline ticket has not had – nor can it have – any consequence on the anti-doping procedure This is because, in my opinion, The failure of localization was fully established previously and independent of the said change, so the existence of infringement of interference cannot be considered.‘”.
“The change of date on the reservation and the plane ticket is an attempt to provide an explanation for the fact that I was not at my home when the out-of-competition control was attempted. Furthermore, this control will be carried out outside the 60 minute window specified in my ADAMS location data At the time, I was in Lisbon, and My intention in changing the date was to provide information to clarify my whereabouts at the time, not to overturn or change the anti-doping procedure.. This action, while wrong, never had the purpose of questioning the failure of insufficiently updating the whereabouts data in ADAMS, but rather than justifying my absence on a particular day, time and place.”
“It is noteworthy that an international organization with resources and capabilities like AIU, which has an ‘intelligence’ unit, It took a year to react “in the event that he eventually considers it serious to request a 5-year suspension period, the annulment of all sports results from March 9, 2023, and even the payment of procedural costs.”
Although their situation is more than delicate, The Sport Resolution’s decision can be appealed to CASso Katir did not give up. “I maintain hope and confidence that I will be able to return to competition at the beginning of 2026, where I train every day. I thank those who support and encourage me in these moments, because true love and friendship are shown when you are in your bad moment.
Source: La Verdad
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