Ana Barbosu is sending a message to her supporters. The Romanian gymnast reflected on her experience competing at the 2024 Olympics , where she momentarily earned the bronze medal in floor but was bumped to fourth after Team USA star Jordan Chiles' routine was reevaluated . In her Aug.
5 Instagram Stories, Ana shared a video of herself during the women's gymnastics floor final and wrote, "Thank you to everyone who encouraged me before, during, and after the competition." She also reposted a Stories from retired Olympian Sandra Izbasa-Bianca , who praised the hard work put in by the country's gymnastics team. "I hear more vividly than ever the words that the coaches repeated to us almost daily in the training room," she wrote in Romanian.
"'You, as Romanians, must be more than perfect in order not to leave room for interpretations!' And here, it proves itself once again! Girls, head up and back straight! Keep believing in your dreams! Go Romania!" During the floor final, Ana ended the competition with a 13.700, which first earned her bronze. However, a score inquiry was entered for Jordan’s routine, which was upped to 13.
766 after the initial score—13.600—didn’t include her tour jeté full, which she added at the last minute. When the momentous change occurred, Ana, 18, was waving the Romanian flag before looking back at the scoreboard to see that she wouldn’t be on the winners’ podium with gold winner Rebeca Andrade and silver winner Simone Biles , leading her to.