Mo Katir Sketchy Supplements?

very fancy sales pitch but looks like the key ingredient is this cordiceps extract of a fungus that grows out the head of caterpillars, used in Chinese folk i.e. quack medicine. Scam.

Might as well profit out of being a suspected doper, but I'm sure this stuff does nothing.

Can’t wait for him to be busted and claim it was just this supplement that had increased his EPO level by 400%

Ya he's getting ahead of his story.

Agree it does look and sound sketchy. Saw this in pharmacies across Europe didn't try it but not going to lie was tempted. I mean a blood booster sounds like it would be quite helpful.

But chances are he's getting a fat check for promoting the product and the product is of very little to no actual effectiveness. Would be very stupid to actually promote an illegal performance enhancer

This just in:

Message board posters are in an uproar over an elite athlete *checks notes* taking vitamins to make him a better athlete.

A supplement or food that is legal and apparently all over pharmacies in Europe? I don't know if it makes him a better athlete or if he is even actually consuming it. But most athletes would take the money. Why not? It's no different than people selling LMNT, Ketone IQ, Factor/Hello Fresh, RunGum, Athletic Greens AG1, etc. all over social media. Don't know if those people are actually using or liking the products they promote, but they'll take the money.

It's sketchy that he's not only an obvious doper, but he's making money now off of the very fact that he's an obvious doper.

Excellent point. Everyone knows only white people understand medicine 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Please name these actual obvious signs of his doping … or stfu

OP if you read the ingredient list you’d know there’s nothing illegal or special in here.

Moves from sub-elite to all-time European great in 12 months at ag 23, co-incidentally after the Covid lockdown.

Flops at World Championships and makes modest improvements over next 2 years.

Same manager as Cacho. Manager on record as saying that drug cheats should be given a second, third, and fourth chance.

Never explicitly denies doping, just says he has passed all the tests.

Coach was very inexperienced with no track record, yet takes Katir from 3:36 to.3:28 in 12 months.

Moroccan immigrant with huge cultural and financial pressures to cheat.

Spain has had a state sponsored doping program in middle-distance since the 80's. Also the home of operation puerto.

Rivals very cold with him. As far as I know, only McSweyn and the Kenyans are warm to him. The guys racing him probably know more than you and me.

Young spanish and French studs who talk about how he is doping, and how easy it is to not get caught.

Most pros micro dose or straight up dope and know how to clear their system. They have money, they/ their coaches/ mentors work with scientists.

Just because you think they’re cool and nice doesn’t mean they follow “fair play”. These are athletes for crying out loud, they are fierce competitors, not your average Joe who ran with somebody in college.

Yes, and Asians need some woke savior going around yelling about racism, if they're going to succeed at anything.

Western homeopathy is quack medicine. Bloodletting was quack medicine. Feel better? Okay, now brace yourself: Chinese folk medicine is also founded on old junk science and is quackery.

As for the cordyceps, you can also get that much cheaper and less fancy from other sources, so someone could try it and report back.

I have no inside info if he’s doping, but your arguments remain flimsy unless you are saying tests don’t work. Improvement from age 22-23 for a lightly supported athlete is not some huge smoking gun.
Since his breakthrough, which frankly is more believable than the older Narve Nordas’, he has gotten better at a believable rate. He’s had ups and downs and showed vulnerability like most athletes. His “flop” at Tokyo is also pretty understandable in a surprisingly honest and deep race in the heat. You’d hold it against him if he did well in Tokyo, or if he stunk after 2021. You’d hold it against him if he hit a level like Jakob’s. Be honest with yourself. He is a flawed but good runner, better suited for the championship 5,000 than 1,500 especially in a slow race. You say all-time great but the times have gone to a different level with spikes and fast races. George Mills, a B-level talent, is far from an all-time great but his times now get him in the mix.

At Tokyo there was a racist pressure on him even from inside Spain.

He is the holder of 5000m European record and second fastest time in the 1500m in Europe.

The runner’s origins had sparked controversy in Spain after another athlete, Isaac Viciosa, expressed his preference for the domestic record “to be broken by someone with a Spanish name.”

moroccoworldnews.com

Katir Reaffirms His Spanish Identity After Racist Remarks

@moroccoworldnews

Spanish runner Mohamed Katir gave a statement following his qualification to the final of the Men’s 5,000 meter competition final, saying that he is not Moroccan, but Spanish, and that he represents Spain.

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Solid list … thx for the follow up. I’m going to give him a pass until he fails one test. Thx again.

The guy that learned to shut your mouths.

And he did it in a autodidact way. He never knocked your doors for some sort of "beggary" and he was your rival and hurt deeply your pride to the point there was a break for 35 years in the British middle distances.

He far superior to Morceli and El Guerrouj.