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Spanish runner Mohamed Katir, a twice world championship medallist, has been suspended for two years in connection with whereabout failures and will miss this year’s Paris Olympics and the 2025 worlds in Tokyo. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday that Katir has admitted to missing tests in March, April and October 2023. He had initially protested his innocence. The AIU said he is banned retroactively from February 7, the day of his provisional suspension, until February 6, 2026. Athletes must give information about their whereabouts to be available for random doping tests, and th…

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