Good luck for Spain and Mohammed Katir
I hope he will stay away from any doping circles.
This is taken and translated from his Spanish Wiki:
Born in Morocco, he has lived in Mula (Murcia) since he was five years old. Katir stood out very early as an athlete competing with the UCAM Atletismo Cartagena, with which he was proclaimed champion of Spain in youth cross-country racing, and broke numerous Murcia records in various age categories, including absolute. 1
In 2019 he was first in the 3000 meter race of the Spanish Indoor Championship and performed the minimum for the Glasgow Europeans ; However, as he still did not have Spanish nationality, he could not compete as a Spaniard in the absolute category, so he was not proclaimed national champion nor could he go to the Europeans. 1 In October of that same year, he finally obtained Spanish nationality. 2
On December 31, 2020, Katir achieved sixth place in the general classification of the San Silvestre Vallecana , in which he was second Spanish and also second in the sub-23 category with a record of 28:38. 3
On January 29, 2021, during the World Indoor Gold Tour in Karlsruhe, he achieved the best European record of the year and third best Spanish record in history with 7: 35.29 in the 3000-meter test, in a race that Bethwell Birgen won with 7: 34.12, best world record of the year. 4 5 6 This mark allowed him to go to the European Championship , where he won in his international debut, the fourth place in the final of 3000 m. 7
On May 23, 2021 he achieved his first victory in a Diamond League event, the 5000 m held in Gateshead , also achieving the Olympic minimum for the Tokyo Games. 8 A few weeks later, on June 10, 2021, he broke Spain's record for the same distance at the Diamond league meeting in Florence with a time of 12:50:79.