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• Gymnast Ana Barbosu has been suspended from competition for two years

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) partially upheld a provisional suspension, which was handed down in May

• Barbosu won the bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics

Gymnast Ana Barbosu, who won the bronze medal after Jordan Chiles was stripped of hers in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics, has been suspended from competition for two years and will miss the 2028 Summer Olympics.

On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) partially upheld the International Testing Agency’s (ITA) provisional suspension of Barbosu — which was handed down in May — after she committed “three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period,” resulting in an anti-doping violation.

Athletes must provide a 60-minute time slot “whereabouts,” in reference to their location, so they can be available for drug testing, according to the agency.

The CAS will allow Barbosu’s competitive results since December 2025 to stand, according to The Athletic.

The Romanian gymnast, 20, who is a sophomore at Stanford University, appealed the initial provisional suspension in August.

In her Instagram Stories in May, Barbosu spoke out about the alleged violation. 

“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.”

Barbosu was thrust into the limelight in August 2024 during the Paris Olympics.

During the floor exercise final, Chiles initially finished fifth with a score of 13.666, and Barbosu and her Romanian teammate, Sabrina Maneca-Voinea, finished third and fourth with scores of 13.700.

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Soon after, Chiles’ coach submitted an inquiry into the decision, arguing that her difficulty score had been too low. Judges from the CAS agreed with the coach and updated Chiles’ score, moving her to third place ahead of Barbosu and Maneca-Voinea.

The Romanian Olympic committee then contested the decision, and the CAS decided to reinstate Chiles’ original score, moving her back to fifth place. Chiles and USA Gymnastics have been appealing the decision in the months since, and the case is still ongoing. 

A final resolution could come by May 2027 when the CAS will rehear the case, USA Today reported on Wednesday.

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