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7 May 2026
The ITA confirms that gymnast Ana Maria Bărbosu was charged with an ADRV under Article 2.4 of the World Gymnastics Anti-Doping Rules (World Gymnastics ADR) for committing three whereabouts failures within a 12-month period.¹
Further, in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and Article 7.4.2 of the World Gymnastics Anti-Doping Rules, a provisional suspension has been imposed on the athlete.
The athlete has requested for the case to be referred for adjudication to the Court of Arbitration for Sport Anti-Doping Division where the athlete will have the opportunity to present explanations and evidence regarding each of the three whereabouts failures.
Pursuant to World Gymnastics’ delegation of its anti-doping program to the ITA, the prosecution of the case is being handled entirely by the ITA.
Given that the case is underway, there will be no further comments made.
¹ Athletes included in a Registered Testing Pool (RTP), such as Ana Maria Barbosu, have the obligation to provide daily whereabouts as well as a specific daily 60-minute time slot where they will be available for testing. The purpose is to allow anti-doping organisations to locate athletes for unannounced out-of-competition testing. Any combination of three missed tests (which relate to the athletes’ unavailability with respect to their 60-minute time slot) and/or filing failures (which are caused by the athletes’ failure to provide accurate whereabouts) committed within a twelve-month period amount to an ADRV as per article 2.4 of the World Gymnastics ADR and World Anti-Doping Code.
