Cidie wrote:
Mo Katir is turning 26 tomorrow. He is young but he will be missing 2 of his absolute prime years on the track. It is unfortunate he does not follow the rules, even if they are arguably unreasonable.
No, he's fortunate he got away with it for 3 years, set himself up for life financially, won a World Championship silver that he gets to keep, national records, and the European 5000m record (which until Jakob briefly took it, was held for twenty-one years by Mohammed Mourit - another Moroccan doper).
Not bad for somebody with no natural world class talent and who should have been sent back to Morocco when he was five along with his illegal immigrant father.