– It is completely meaningless. It doesn’t scare other dopers enough. The whole point of such a punishment – and it applies to all punishment – is that it should scare potential criminals. It doesn’t here. He has earned much more from this than he has lost, says Guttormsen to news. Mohamed Katir is banned for two years from 6 February 2024. All results after 10 October 2023 will be cancelled. This is revealed in a press release from the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Friday. Found himself in the wrong country twice The Spaniard has broken the so-called reporting obligation, to which the world’s top athletes are subject. Each day they must state a time slot of one hour in which they are available for testing. If an athlete is not where they say they should be, that person is banned. – He only gets a two-year ban and gets to keep his medal. It should have had financial consequences far back in time. Now he’s back in two years And then he’ll be ready for the Olympics and World Cup and it’s completely ridiculous. It’s two years from now. It’s way too short! At two different times, Katir has been in countries other than where he stated to be. On February 28, 2023, he stated that he was in Murcia, Spain. At the time he was in Lisbon, Portugal. He claimed it was because his fiancee was ill. On 3 April 2023, he was supposed to be at home, but stayed in Font Romeu in France. He blamed it on trouble with the application. On the third test, on 10 October 2023, the doping hunters met at Katir’s home address, at a time he himself had indicated. The Spaniard was not at home. The father tried to call him, but got no answer. Again he blamed system errors. All results after that have now been deleted. The WC silver from Budapest was won on 27 August. Thus it remains. – I think that is quite ridiculous. When you are first caught for breach of duty to report, it is not only the last. You will be caught for all three. Then everything must apply from the first. That is the smallest criterion, thunders Guttormsen. – I think he who came fourth in the WC should get his medal, says Guttormsen, referring to Guatemala’s Luis Grijalva. news has tried to get in touch with Grijalva, but he has not yet answered our inquiries. Ridiculed doping claim When Katir won the 5,000 meters at the Diamond League meet in June, Dave Ross, who runs a running website, wrote that he couldn’t possibly be clean. The Spaniard responded by mocking Ross: – What hurts the most, my friend? While you criticize me for being normal, it is natural to envy a better man. Ask your wife about Katir or not. Your wife would definitely rather be with a winner than a loser. SCREEN DUMP: Instagram/Trackstaa Katir took in at least NOK 200,000 in pure prize money at the Diamond League. He probably also received a bonus for the WC performances, as well as that athletes receive money for competing in competitions. Guttormsen believes this should also be waived. Narve Gilje Nordås ran against Katir a number of times last season. He has also been to a number of high altitude gatherings in the Sierra Nevada, where the Spaniard is often present. – It is good to see that the system is working. When it happens three times in one year, that’s how the rules are, says the WC bronze winner from Budapest. Nordås is happy that the system is effective. – Even though it’s awkward when you’re out and about, it’s good to see that it works. That is what is needed. The French long-distance runner, Jimmy Gressier, expresses on Instagram that he has never trusted Katir. He thanks the system for working.
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