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Romanian gymnastics star Ana Barbosu has been provisionally suspended from her sport after missing three anti-doping tests, the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced on Thursday.
Ana Barbosu, 19, made “three location failures in a 12-month period,” according to the announcement.
He will take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and addressed the situation on social media.
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Ana Barbosu of Romania competes in the women’s floor exercise final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, on August 5, 2024. (Daniela Porcelli/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)
“I wanted to share and clarify some information that has been circulating,” was posted on Barbosu’s Instagram story after the ITA announcement.
“As you can imagine, moving to the US and starting college (at Stanford for the past year) has been a big transition. Navigating through all the changes has been challenging, and I continue to learn and grow through each experience. To be clear, this situation has nothing to do with banned substances, and I am grateful for the guidance and support throughout the process.”
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Ana Maris Barbosu and Jordan Chiles appear together in the photo. (Getty Images)
Barabosu won the bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2024 Paris Olympics, after a highly controversial series of score changes and appeals.
Bărbosu believed he had won the medal after Chiles’ initial score was announced. But then an American coach made an appeal and Barbosu was holding a Romanian flag when he looked up and saw the change in the score that put Chiles ahead.
But then the CAS ruled that the event’s panel of judges had improperly granted an investigation that Chiles score increased. It ruled that the appeal had been filed after the one-minute period for investigations and should not have been granted.
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Ana Barbosu of Romania enters the arena before the floor final on day 10 of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, on August 5, 2024. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
Subsequently, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) determined that Chiles must return the bronze medal he won in the Paris Olympic Games floor exercise after his score was judged incorrectly.
Chiles and the US team have been appealing the decision since then.
