Ana Maria Bărbosu is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 European junior team, all-around champion, and the 2020 Romanian national all-around silver medalist.
Bărbosu reflected on her experience competing at the Paris Olympics, where she momentarily earned the bronze medal on the floor but was unfortunately bumped to fourth after Team USA star Jordan Chiles’ routine was reevaluated.
She shared a video of her Olympics event on Instagram, saying, “Thank you to everyone who encouraged me before, during, and after the competition.”
She also posted Stories from retired Olympian Sandra Izbasa-Bianca, who praised the Romania gymnastics team’s hard work.
“I hear more vividly than ever the words that the coaches repeated to us almost daily in the training room,” she said. “‘You, as Romanians, must be more than perfect 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.
After Jordan received her new score update, she said reporters, “I just wanted to come out and do the best I could…I have no words—I’m just very proud of myself.”
The two gymnasts had exciting performances in the event.
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