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Madisyn Cox<\/strong> woke up every morning for six months to the knowledge that she was locked out from swimming and her reputation was tarnished.<\/p>\n

She claimed innocence and eventually proved a contaminated multivitamin had caused her to test positive for trimetazidine<\/a>, knocking her suspension down from two years to six months and clearing her name of any wrongdoing<\/a>. But Cox still had to deal with the aftereffects<\/a>, banishment from all major international meets in 2019 and losing her U.S. national team funding.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Cox assumed that by August 2019, \u201ceverything would kind of be over.\u201d She wouldn\u2019t have to wake up ever again and think about how the upcoming weeks or months would be different if not for that positive test and sitting out six months.<\/p>\n

Not anymore. The International Swimming League (ISL)<\/a> will debut in October, and Cox won\u2019t be allowed to participate. An ISL general manager recruited Cox but was rebuffed by the league<\/a>, citing their zero-tolerance doping policy.<\/p>\n

Cox believed the decision to lock her out was unfair, but she had no recourse. The day she learned of the ISL\u2019s decision, Cox felt \u201cjust so out of sorts\u201d at swim practice as she struggled with the news that the residual punishment for the positive test would linger.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m over here for something I never did,\u201d Cox said. \u201cI took a multivitamin\u2014yes, I did do that\u2014but I was never intentionally cheating. I never would have even thought, and I\u2019m over here paying all these prices. It sucks. I could get emotional about it, and I have, but at this point, I just want it to be over.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It would be, if not for the ISL\u2019s commitment to a zero-tolerance doping policy, a stance that no other pro sports organization has ever adopted. Penalties for a first offense range from a maximum of a four-year ban to a minimum of a quarter-season, which is the standard in the National Football League in the United States.<\/p>\n

Just this past fall in fact, New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman<\/strong> missed the first four games of the season while suspended for testing positive for performance-enhancing substances. Edelman protested the suspension only minimally, returned in the season\u2019s fifth game and resumed his role as the go-to target in New England\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n

And as the Patriots captured their sixth Super Bowl title in February, Edelman was the leading receiver for the game, and he was named Most Valuable Player for his efforts. No one mentioned his doping suspension while honoring Edelman for his efforts.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s ridiculous, the idea that a player could play such a pivotal role in winning a championship the same season as he was caught cheating.<\/p>\n

The NFL\u2019s anti-doping standard is among the flimsiest in sports, but many other leagues aren\u2019t much better. In Major League Baseball, the penalty for a doping offense is an 80-game suspension plus banishment from the postseason. By comparison, the two-year ban most swimmers receive for one offense seems harsh\u2014but definitely deserved.<\/p>\n

If a swimmer intentionally cheated to improve their own performance, he or she should not be entitled to a second chance. Yes, the ISL insisting on zero tolerance is admirable and justified. No previously-suspended swimmer should be allowed in, especially not one later caught smashing blood samples earmarked for drug testing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who agrees with that philosophy? Madisyn Cox.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 100% anti-doping,\u201d Cox said. \u201cI do not condone any kind of doping, and I think people who are dopers and who are cheaters should not be allowed to compete. However, I am not in that category.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cox with her bronze medal from the 2017 World Championships — Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n

Cox proved that she didn\u2019t intentionally cheat. While validating her innocence, she missed a critical six months of her career and an all-important U.S. qualifying period that means she won\u2019t get the chance to return to the World Championships, where she won bronze in the 200 IM in 2017.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s already hefty punishment, especially when Cox is hardly the party at fault here. By all means, the scarlet letter of \u201cdoper\u201d should apply to anyone who tried to cheat the system. Cox doesn\u2019t fall into that category.<\/p>\n

The situation demands some common sense so that Cox and the entire swimming community can put it in the past. She deserves a clean slate. As it stands now, a commendable but inflexible policy is costing Cox the potential of maximizing the remainder of her swimming career.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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