Mo Katir admits whereabouts failures -- banned 2 years and will miss '24 Olympics

So how far out of the 1 hour window are the testers allowed to show up? That doesn't seem quite fair. What if you are actually traveling that day or something, or have to be elsewhere across town after the hour is up? What is the actual rule?

Are they supposed to provide both a 1 hour window and where they will be overnight too?

Within the 1 hour, you have to be exactly where you said you'd be.

Outside of it, no matter how far outside, you have to be in the vicinity of your announced location. The tester will have to able to locate you - see Mo's father's comments. If you have to travel, you have to tell ADAMS (or AIU in case of technical difficulties).

Fraud is not an anti-doping violation.

Looks like he admitted to the three whereabouts failures.

You are welcome to believe your ILLUSIONS.

And more often than not, BOTH things are likely to be true at the same time. See Saruni.

Thank goodness he finally got caught. I didn't think it was possible to be more obviously a doper than Rashid Ramzi, but Katir proved me wrong. That's at least one more Olympic medal going to a potentially clean athlete instead of a doper.

Katir's whereabout failures remind me of the time that UFC champion Jon Jones allegedly hid underneath the MMA ring set up in the middle of his gym for an hour when testers showed up unexpectedly. Funny stuff!

So this Khamis never understand? They told him over and over that he was a troll but he has no face. (*)

So now American and European what do you have proven?

I'm still awaiting for the new renewal and virtues that bring the European.

Will be laughing better the one that laugh at the end.

(*) I only refrained to write more so that the mod won't find an excuses to delete for personal attack.

Lol

Lemme guess: in your illusions, Katir's lies and hiding prove that he didn't dope, amirite?

Yes. And when he was asked to provide why he wasnt on his location at night he claimed he had to fly to see his fiance and booked tickets that morning. He had actually booked the tickets several days earlier. Lying to try and excuse why he wasnt where he said he would be definitely shows he was avoiding a test.

All his excuses show a definite doper

Katir’s admission of whereabouts failures were buried in the Spanish sporting press by
the announcement that Kylian Mbappé will be coming to Real Madrid when his contract at PSG runs out in June. Mbappé is one of the world’s best players, and this is news that has been awaited for months, so it is a big deal.
Mo's story did make it into the pages of Marca, Spain’s largest-selling sports newspaper,
where “Mo” was quoted as saying that “the failures (whereabouts) were because I
didn’t understand.” He also asked forgiveness from “those who have supported me
all my life…my family, sponsors…trainers…”

He insisted that his suspension had nothing to do with taking drugs, but rather with “incorrect update of data on my whereabouts.” He explained that he tried to inform WADA of his location, but failed to inform the AIU, and that he thought an email was sufficient to update. “These failures of location were due to my lack of understating of how the ADAMS
system works. But, he further explains, “This problem has come up because I am a very clueless (despistado) person.”

And Katir insisted that “all my achievements to date have been without any sort of doping.”
Within the 66 comments on the

marca.com

Katir no apelar?, asume la sanci?n y pide perd?n: "Los fallos han sido por desconocimiento"

Horas despu?s de que la Unidad de Integridad del Atletismo hiciera p?blica la sanci?n de dos a?os a Mohamed Katir, por no estar localizable en tres controles antidopaje en el perio

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article, the tone is much like that on Let’s Run: if he hid instead of getting tested, that is a good indication that he is doping.

Among the pithier comments on his self-characterization as a despistado:
“Misunderstanding? You sound like our Prime Minister!” “This guy’s as phony as
a 5000 Euro note” (these don’t exist). “He lies more than he runs.” “An
error??!! You’re not going to the Olympics because of an error??”

The article leaves aside major questions bearing on Mo’s future: Will Asics continue to pay
him during these two years of no competition? After this debacle, do they even want to continue to sponsor him? I would suppose that there is something in his contract about “bringing the brand into disrepute…” so that it can be unilaterally terminated.

One poster revealed that Ketir receives a bursary from “the Spanish government” (probably
the Spanish Royal Athletics Federation?) and that undoubtedly he will keep that.

Thoughts?

Thank you for posting the explanations. Seems he’s a chronic liar. Good riddance. The fact that he didn’t even appeal is very telling.

It’s that troublemaker l’innoculateur. He’s likely not even bothered to read katir’s excuses. In fact, he probably doesn’t even want to know. Rather, he’s on board with blind adulation and the refusal to accept that Katir is a doper. He’s the same guy that argues Aouita to be clean. Don’t even waste your time with this poster, as doping is a perfectly accepted practice in Morocco.

Apple Airtags are $29. Make a bracelet out of them and have everyone in the testing pool wear the bracelet 24/7. They are about the size of quarter.

Athletes don't have to worry about updating an app. Just stay clean and know you can get tested anytime. No more whereabouts BS ever again.

Yeah this is a good point and I thought the same. It smells of "yep I rolled the dice, ran the gauntlet and this was ultimately inevitable so it's not really even worth the energy to fight it". And that's right down to the 3 laughable explanations.

And in a backwards way I at least respect he's not trying to insult our intelligence recruiting lawyers and looking to find any micro-fissure of plausibility to excuse himself - "so are you saying it's not possible that his phone was experiencing a software update at the exact time he should have been updating his whereabouts app, therefore making it impossible to use his phone - prove to me that's not possible!"

And really this was only a win-win for him - what did he ever have to lose? He probably made 300k in the last couple of years in appearance/prize/funding money - don't know what else the guy would be doing. He's a Moroccan native living in Spain for gods sake - I think Rafa Nadal farting at the supermarket is bigger news in that country than this is.

In Europe, Spain is known as being on the other side of the line. It's no surprise, look at the recent Spanish doping controls with retrospective TUE's, operacion puerto etc. There's no surprises here.

TL;DR

No any Filling Failure on 28 Feb.

Athletes are not obliged to document their entire life, everything they do, from what I know.

8:10 pm that is not an "overnight accommodation". A DCO officer should wait until 01am at least, probably should wait all night for him.

* or some pseudo-crafty lawyer has detailed this situation in rules.
** though of course waiting would be for nothing as Katir was not going to sleep that night there.

Poor rekrunner will have to put in a double shift tomorrow with all the damage control that is urgently needed. Let's hope his Spanish is good enough.

If he tries to make a comeback in 2 years time he’ll be a 3:39 runner at best.

"Egregious" is a strong word given these facts. How long, if at all, are the testers obligated to wait? You've got to have sympathy for these guys who are required cede their freedom of movement. No wonder Nuguse wants to go to dental school after the Olympics.

Nuguse wants to go to dental school to obtain a marketable skill he can milk beyond next week.