Published By: Sports Desk
Last Updated: February 17, 2024, 00:00 IST
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Twotime world championship medalist Mo Katir admitted breaking antidoping guidelines and was banned for 2 years on Friday, eradicating the middledistance runner from the Paris Olympics.
MONACO: Two-time world championship medalist Mo Katir admitted breaking anti-doping guidelines and was banned for 2 years on Friday, eradicating the middle-distance runner from the Paris Olympics.
Track and subject’s Athletics Integrity Unit detailed Katir’s three breaches final yr of the “whereabouts” rule. They require athletes to specify the place and when they are going to be out there for one hour every day for a no-notice go to by pattern collectors.
The 25-year-old Katir admitted the foundations breaches and was banned till Feb. 6, 2026, the AIU mentioned. He was provisionally suspended on Feb. 7.
The AIU’s ruling revealed on Friday confirmed how explanations given by Katir for why he was unavailable had been later disproven by his journey paperwork and the proof of his entries within the world anti-doping database.
Three missed exams or failures to file correct particulars of whereabouts inside a 12-month interval can result in a ban.
Katir, who was born in Morocco and runs for Spain, positioned eighth within the 5,000 meters on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
He took bronze over 1,500 meters on the 2022 worlds in Eugene, Oregon, and silver within the 5,000 on the worlds final yr in Budapest, Hungary.
Katir will miss the Olympics that open in Paris on July 26 and the 2025 worlds that return to the National Stadium in Tokyo.
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