That didn't take long. Just nine days after he was provisionally suspended for whereabouts failures, Katir admitted to the failures and his 2-year ban was confirmed by the AIU.
Katir had claimed last week he would appeal as he felt there was an issue with the second failure, but he did not appeal and instead accepted the ban.
As far as whereabouts excuses go, Katir's aren't very believable and the AIU poked holes in them pretty easily.
First missed test (2/28/23): Testers showed up to his house that evening (outside his 60-minute window) but he was in Lisbon. Katir claimed his fiancee was feeling unwell and he had to book a flight to visit her that day in Lisbon. Except the flight receipts showed he had actually booked the flight two days earlier.
Second missed test (4/3/23): Testers showed up to Katir's house during his 60-minute window, but he was in Font Romeu. Katir claimed his whereabouts app wasn't working since March 28 and he wasn't able to update his location properly. But records show he was able to log in and update on March 29 and didn't make any attempts to log in after that. And then after the testers showed up to his house on April 3, he was able to log in and successfully update his location.
Third missed test (10/10/23): Testers showed up to his house during his 60-minute window in the evening and Katir's father claimed he was training 30 minutes away and unreachable by phone. Katir claims he thought his window had been earlier in the day.
The third explanation seems particularly egregious. You're sitting on two missed tests and you set your 60-minute window incorrectly? Either the dude was completely careless or he was doping.
Full decision here: