sample was tested for cobalt and returned an atypically high level of cobalt of 24.3 ng/ mL, which was neither in agreement with pilot study data on a small number of athletes nor did the tested individual [...] careful assessment of total urinary cobalt concentrations in the context of routine sports drug testing programs and, potentially, also in other clinical applications. The determination of inorganic cobalt [...] molecule and subsequent analysis of the extract's flow‐through by ICP‐MS. Alternatively, routine tests by means of LC‐ICP‐MS and/or concomitant analyses of urine samples for vitamin B 12 are recommended