Gymnast Ana Barbosu is heading offline. After the Romanian gymnast found herself at the center of attention at the 2024 Paris Olympics after a change to the final score of Team USA’s Jordan Chiles ’ floor event bumped her off the winner’s podium , she announced she’s pressing mute on the noise. “Thank you everyone for the support messages!” Ana wrote in English on her August 7 Instagram Story over a photo of the Olympic rings in Paris at sunset, “I will take a break from the social media.
” She added in Romanian, alongside a smiling emoji, “For those who know me, you have my number.” This is the second time the 18-year-old has shared a social media message following her medal loss, the first echoing her feelings of gratitude. "Thank you to everyone who encouraged me,” she wrote Aug.
5, “before, during, and after the competition." At the time, she also reposted a Story from retired Romanian gymnast Sandra Izbasa-Bianca cheering her on. "I hear more vividly than ever the words that the coaches repeated to us almost daily in the training room," Sandra 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!" The gymnastics individual final events on August 5, ended in a dramatic fashion after a last-minute inquiry into Jordan’s floor score resulted in a 0.1 addition . In this case, J.