 Zvisinei, uremu hwacho hwakanga husina kukwanisa kupinda muMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha yeU.S.A., izvo zvaireva kuti Cox aifanira kukunda munda pane imwe yemakwikwi okuronga kuti akodzere. Cox akaita izvozvo chaizvo paakakunda ndarama zviri nyore pa2016 World Olympic Qualification Tournament I, mutambo wake wekutanga kunze kwenyika. Mushure mekukunda 12 University World Champion kubva kuIran Meisam Mostafa-Jokar paBeat the Streets, Cox akakwikwidza kuChikwata cheUSA ku2016 World Cup, achirova mukwikwidzi wenguva mbiri weCommonwealth Pawan Kumar, achidzoka World Championship bronze medalist kubva kuIran Alireza Karimi uye 2016 European Championship runner-up Aleksander Gostiev, asati akundwa iye ne 12 Olympic bronze medalistDato Marsagishvili wokuGeorgia, achibatsira Team USA kusvika panzvimbo yechina. Kuti adzivirire Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha, Cox akaisa yechitatu paGrand Prix yeGermany, achitambura kurasikirwa kwake kwega kweNyika uye mutambi weOlympic kubva kuAzerbaijan Sharif Sharifov. 