The Spanish Mohamed Katirworld runner-up in the 5,000 meters, announced this Wednesday in a statement his “provisional suspension” by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for “a breach of rules arising from three location failures in the last twelve months“.
These rulings refer to three occasions in which Katir could not be located to undergo a doping control. The athlete attributes them to errors when completing the data for location on the platform created for this purpose, ADAMS.
Athlete Resource
Katir assures in his writing that “during the processing of the disciplinary procedure” the AIU agreed to his provisional suspension. “As I do not agree with the aforementioned decision adopted, I am prepared to appeal the same before the corresponding authorities to be able to compete during the processing of the procedure”.
“I consider that there is no violation arising from three location failures in the last twelve months. In any of the location failures reported by AIU, I was available at the place, date and times provided by me“, he assures.
“During the last months and years I have been subjected to a large number of doping controls out of competition in both urine and blood samples, without the slightest problem having arisen on my part”, confesses the Spanish athlete, who emphasizes that this decision “is not a file of violation of doping rules by the use of prohibited substances or methods, not even for evading out-of-competition doping controls.”
“This is a simple file derived from the completion of location data on the ADAMS platform that may have generated location errors (whereabouts)”, apunta.
Presumption of innocence
Katir reports that he will proceed to defend himself in the “appropriate instances, as it cannot be otherwise.”
“Thus, I request that the right to presumption of my innocence until the corresponding procedure is processed and concluded,” he concludes.
This provisional suspension of Mohamed Katir comes a day after his resignation from the Spanish Indoor Championships in Ourense and the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow was confirmed to focus on the outdoor season with the Summer Olympic Games as the main objective.
2024-02-07 12:37:25
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