The world 5000m silver medallist is already serving a two-year ban till 2026, for 3 whereabouts failures in a 12-month interval
Mohamed Katir has been banned for 4 years for tampering.
The 26-year-old, who secured a world 5000m silver medal in Budapest final yr, was already serving a two-year ban for lacking three doping assessments in 12 months.
This four-year ban will run concurrently together with his whereabouts failures sanction, extending Katir’s ban from the game till February 2028.
That signifies that he’ll miss the subsequent two world championships in Tokyo and Beijing however will be capable of compete on the LA 2028 Olympics.
Katir, who can be a world 1500m bronze and European 5000m silver medallist, was discovered to have falsified journey paperwork – particularly journey itinerary, boarding cross and reserving affirmation – in an try and mislead investigators as they probed the veracity of his rationalization of three missed doping assessments over a one-year interval.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen beats Mo Katir (Getty)
The AIU’s Disciplinary Tribunal stated: “There may be little question that Katir put ahead a false model of occasions and altered paperwork. He did so with a purpose to persuade World Athletics that his whereabouts failure on February 28, 2023 shouldn’t be handled as such.
“In these circumstances, it’s apparent that Katir dedicated an anti-doping guidelines violation by tampering/tried tampering.”
Katir’s different two whereabouts failures had been on April 3 and October 10, 2023. His outcomes since October 10 had been already disqualified.
“Gone are the times in athletics when explanations supplied in anti-doping instances are simply accepted at face worth,” AIU Head Brett Clothier stated. “Due to robust funding in investigations, since its inception in 2017, the AIU has prosecuted 25 Tampering instances.
“The overwhelming majority of our elite athletes respect the strict guidelines and processes of the game and they need to take coronary heart on the motion being taken to make sure a degree enjoying subject.”
Not solely has Katir secured three main observe medals however he’s additionally the European 3000m indoor and 5000m record-holder, with bests of seven:27.64 and 12:45.01 respectively.
Mohamed Katir (Getty)
The Spaniard’s data nonetheless will nonetheless stand as all of them occurred earlier than October of final yr.
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