A month ago, Robert Karaś was disqualified by the American Anti -Doping Agency (USADA) for another doping slip -up. In a sample taken from the Ultrathriathlonist after the competition in Florida in February 2024, two forbidden substances were detected: Drostanolone and Klomifen.
Karaś received such a harsh punishment primarily because it was his second slip -up. In July 2023, we learned that the Pole had a positive anti-doping test result, which was performed three days after the competition in Rio de Janeiro, where Karaś broke the world record at a distance of 10 times Ironman. Drostanolone and meldonium were detected. The IUTA Federation (International Ultra Triathlon Association), however, erased this record and suspended the Pole for two years.
On Saturday, TVN television published the first interview with Karas after the decision of USADA about eight -year disqualification. In an interview with Mateusz Hładkie Ultrathiathlonist once again explains from offenses and tells how it happened at all. And you have to say simply: Karaś, instead of taking advantage of the chance to admit to the mistake, just compromised. It was self -managing.
I will not penetrate and determine how much time drostanolone persists in the body and how clomifen is detectable, which Karaś willingly and complicated. I don't have such knowledge and I don't have to have it. It is enough that the Polish Anti -Doping Agency did not accept previous translations of the player.
Karaś has already ridiculed in the first sentence, when the question: “Did you deceive us all and rode doping?”, He answered: “No, not completely”. And a moment later he admitted that he took forbidden funds with full awareness and premeditation.
This is how athletes do not behave
– I knew they were prohibited measures. But I didn't know what they influenced. I only asked about it when I got the first letter that I came across doping – he burned out Karaś. And earlier he gave a show of extreme stupidity and irresponsibility.
Karaś explained that he received forbidden funds from a man who introduced himself as “Michał”. The Ultrathriathlonist came to him while preparing for the fight in Fame MMA with “Filipek”, which took place in February 2023.
– There was a situation that I broke both wrists, ribs and the metatarsal bone. When I broke the fifth metatarsal bone, it was a climax and noticed a friend on the mat. He told me: “Robert, you are all falling apart. You are not created for it. Go to the doctor, because you should be supplemented differently,” Karaś recalled.
And here he ridiculed again, because, as it turned out, Karaś did not go to the doctor, but at most to the hobbyist, which he did not even check. – I went to the guest. (…) He was not a doctor, but I thought it was a doctor. I did not check his qualifications – admitted the Ultrathiathlonist.
Karaś did not check the means he accepted or the man who prescribed them to him. Which athlete in the world does something like this? But that's just the beginning. Karaś not only does not see his guilt, but also defends a man who prescribed forbidden funds to him.
– I don't want to analyze his words. I respect him very much because I know he wanted to help me. (…) In my opinion, he knows the supplementation of athletes. I do not regret that I went to him – he said. To add in a moment: – He was wrong here. He didn't want to, he didn't want to dig me in. He had no knowledge.
In this way, Karaś explained how it happened that the forbidden substances that were to disappear from his body after 72 hours remained in it for several months. The Ultrathriathlonist explained that Drostanolone survived in fat, about which “Michał” had no idea. Apparently, however, he did not know the supplementation of athletes, which Karaś stubbornly adhered to. And it was enough to use the help of a real doctor, a specialist, not an anonymous charlatan. The first one would certainly not rewrite doping.
“Everyone takes, I will take and me”
Karasia's intentions are a separate matter. Here he did not behave like an athlete. Karaś does not feel guilty, because in his opinion the matter does not fit into the definition of “doping”, which he made himself in his head. – For me, taking doping is an intention to make an artificial advantage over others. But I know what I felt in my heart. I didn't want to. I didn't want to disappoint the fans. I just wanted to go to fight – said Karaś.
“If I knew that no one was taking banned funds in Fame MMA, I would never reach for them myself.” For me, doping is a fraud over a rival. But I knew it was to disappear from the body after 72 hours. I knew that I would not fool anyone in the triathlon area. My intentions were not to cheat another triathlete at the competition – he added.
Hands fall. Karaś knew that he was accepting forbidden measures, but he did not feel guilty, because – in his opinion, everyone is taking MMA in Fame MMA. In addition, the means were to disappear from his body to a maximum of three days, so there should be no things in triathlon at all. Is it possible to put up a shot directly?
Mr. Robert, with all your previous achievements, the athlete does not behave. You explain that he trusted the inadequate person, but on the other hand you do not regret it at all. You deliberately adopted the forbidden remedy only because no anti -doping tests are performed in Fame MMA. “Everyone takes, I will take me” – this is how the athlete does not explain. Regardless of the circumstances.
Karaś explains that the remains of the funds adopted before the fight had no influence on the results he achieved in two subsequent starts in Ironman. It is hard to believe, because it has been known for a long time that the meldonium, which he was detected, increases tolerance to physical effort. Anyway, what is this translation? The athlete of flesh and blood would not take doping under any circumstances. Karasia is hard to call Karasia today. And certainly not the professional one.
Not only a bit stupid
– I didn't cheat anyone. It wasn't supposed to be in three days. I did not want to do an artificial advantage over “Filip”. I just wanted to get on my feet, of which my opponent probably also enjoyed, because I saved not only this fight, but also his money, because in a short time they would probably not find him another opponent. (…) I don't get it why people see a cheater in me. I didn't do anything wrong. Zero, “said Karaś.
I am in a hurry. Mr. Robert, people see you in a cheater, because you consciously took doping and deliberately. Even if in Fame MMA and Ironman it did not give you an advantage of your rivals – which is really hard to believe – it is the act itself that makes you do something bad.
And, worst of all, Karaś not only does not regret to crush himself, because according to his definition he did nothing wrong. He used this situation cynically for the benefit. – Do I regret taking it? I thought about it and honestly? I wouldn't be in Bahrain today. I wouldn't have such opportunities. This gate only opened when people from the family of the royal kingdom of Bahrain got acquainted with this matter, they knew how I was determined, what I was capable of, how I have talent and wanted to use it. So I don't think I regret it. I wouldn't take my time back. Despite my hate, I sleep peacefully – he burned out Karaś who He is going to represent Bahrain now.
After this statement, it is difficult to have a shadow of compassion for Karas. “Maybe I'm a bit stupid,” Karaś Hładki told him when he was asked why he did not check a man who prescribed him forbidden measures. The whole interview showed that the word “a bit” was an underestimation.