Romanian Gymnast Who Fought Jordan Chiles’ 2024 Olympic Bronze Suspended for Missing Drug Testing

Ana Barbosu Credit: Daniela Porcelli/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images NEED TO KNOW Ana Barbosu has been provisionally suspended after missing three drug tests The Romanian gymnast, 19, won the bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics after Jordan Chiles was stripped of the medal Barbosu just completed her first year competing for Stanford The Romanian gymnast who vaulted into third place after Jordan Chiles was stripped of her floor exercise bronze medal at the Paris Olympics is taking her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after she was provisionally suspended for missing drug tests. Ana Barbosu, 19, committed “three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period,” resulting in an anti-doping violation, the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced on Thursday, May 7. Athletes must provide 60-minute time slot “whereabouts,” each day as to where they are located, so that they can be available for drug testing, according to the agency.

In her Instagram Stories on Thursday, Barbosu, who just finished her first year competing at Stanford, offered her own take on the alleged violation. Ana Barbosu during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games Credit: Naomi Baker/Getty Images “I wanted to share and clarify some information that has been circulating,” she wrote. “As you can imagine, moving to the US and starting college [at Stanford within the last year] has been a big transition.

Navigating through all the changes has been challenging, and I’m continuing to learn and grow through each experience. ” She added, “To be clear, this situation has nothing to do with prohibited substances, and I have been grateful for the guidance and support throughout the process. ” During the floor exercise event in Paris in August 2024, Chiles initially finished fifth based on the judges' scoring, with a score of 13.

666, and Barbosu and a Romanian teammate Sabrina Maneca-Voinea finished in third and fourth with scores of 13. 700. Ana Barbosu, Jordan Chiles Credit: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images; Jean Catuffe/Getty Images Soon after, Chiles’ coach submitted an inquiry into the decision, arguing that her difficulty score had been too low.