{"id":327544,"date":"2018-08-31T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=327544"},"modified":"2018-08-31T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T23:58:45","slug":"madisyn-cox-declared-eligible-to-compete-after-source-for-banned-substance-fou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/madisyn-cox-declared-eligible-to-compete-after-source-for-banned-substance-fou\/","title":{"rendered":"Madisyn Cox Eligible to Compete After Source For Banned Substance Found in Multivitamin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madisyn Cox<\/strong>, elite swimmer from the United States and the University of Texas, released the following statement to Swimming World concerning her case being overturned by the Court of Arbitration (CAS) when she proved that the banned substance she ingested was found in a multivitamin called Cooper Complete Elite Athlete.\u00a0 In a complete act of transparency and innocence she proved to CAS that she listed the multivitamin as a product she was ingesting on her doping control forms back in February of 2018.<\/p>\n

During her suspension and appeal, Cox was ineligible to compete.\u00a0 As a result, Cox was not able to qualify for the 2019 World Championship even though she is one of the world’s fastest swimmers.\u00a0 The decision by United States Swimming to hold their World Championship trials one year in advance places more consequences on the entire ordeal.<\/p>\n

The Court of Arbitration for Sport made public earlier today that my period of ineligibility has been reduced to six months from a start date of March 3, 2018. Consequently, I\u2019m able to return to\u00a0<\/span>competition September 3rd. CAS issued this \u201cconsent award\u201d after I was able to establish a source for the banned substance. A multivitamin that I had consistently declared on my doping control form was found \u2013 after testing \u2013 to contain traces of Trimetazidine, the substance detected in a urine sample provided on February 5, 2018.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In the aftermath of the original FINA two year ban, I wholeheartedly believed that contaminated water was the source of the Trimetazidine. I thought I had eliminated almost every other possible\u00a0<\/span>source. While considering whether to appeal FINA\u2019s decision, I sent the multivitamin I\u2019d been taking since my senior year in high school to a WADA-accredited lab to be tested for contamination\u00a0<\/span>(in cooperation with FINA and USADA). I was beyond shocked and relieved when 4 nanograms of Trimetazidine was detected in tablets from both open and sealed bottles of the multivitamin. Though the amount was microscopic, it was enough to trigger a positive test result at WADA\u2019s gold standard lab in Montreal, though it could never have provided any performance enhancing benefit.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I did not immediately test the multivitamin as part of my FINA case because there had never been a recorded case of Trimetazidine supplement contamination in the United States. I mistakenly\u00a0<\/span>assumed that the supplement I was taking was extremely safe. I had been taking this multivitamin for seven years, had listed it on every doping control form since making the U.S. National team in 2014 and entering the registered athlete testing pool, and had tested clean and without incident more than 20 times during that period.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The last six months have been a grave and harrowing learning experience that I would not wish on any honest, clean, elite athlete. I know that any supplement \u2013 even a multivitamin purported to\u00a0<\/span>contain only those ingredients specified on the label and purchased at a local supermarket \u2013 can be suspect.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I would advise any athlete who chooses to take supplements to not only consult resources such as USADA\u2019s Supplement 411, but to also make sure that they are third party batch tested to check for any contamination.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I am excited to return to the pool. I also appreciate the support so many people have shown me throughout this trying ordeal.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the CAS Ruling on appeal it was determined that Trimetazidine was found in a product called Cooper Complete Elite Athlete<\/a>\u00a0multivitamin.\u00a0 Cox listed that she was taking this vitamin on her doping control form back in February of 2018.<\/p>\n

After having been notified of the Appealed Decision, the Athlete, in an efforti to 100% eliminate the possibility that any of the supplements she was taking were the source, decided to test the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin she was taking prior to her 5 February 2018 test (along with some other remaining supplements). She had not tested the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin or her other supplements as part of her FINA case because there had never been a recorded case of Trimetazidine sup\u00adplement contamination and the supplements she was taking seemed extremely safe and clean. The Athlete had been taking the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin without incident for 7 years and had tested negative 20 plus times over that span.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

With the cooperation of both FINA and USADA, the Athlete sent two bottles of the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin to be tested ( one opened, one sealed) at the SMRTL WADA-accredited lab in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Trimetazidine was detected at approximately 4 nanograms per tablet in both the opened and sealed bottles of the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin.\u00a0 The athlete had declared the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin on her 5 February 2018 dop\u00ading control form and had also documented her use of the Cooper Complete Elite Athlete multivitamin in her food log prepared in the aftermath of her positive test.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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