Romania

[Passion]

 

[MaryClare]

Amalia Puflea has announced her retirement

 

[MaryClare]

Well this has come as unexpected. Ana Barbosu has committed to Stanford. I don’t know what this means in terms of her elite career. I guess it depends who takes over the Romanian fed and how open they are to having athletes combine elite with ncaa (Lilia Cosman is at Michigan State)

 

[Matilda23]

Wonder what Ana is studying?

 

[phoenix7]

Wonder what Ana is studying?

Her ambition has been to study Law.

I think this is a great move.

Amalia Ghigoarta is also out there liking NCAA posts!

 

[phoenix7]

Well this has come as unexpected. Ana Barbosu has committed to Stanford. I don’t know what this means in terms of her elite career. I guess it depends who takes over the Romanian fed and how open they are to having athletes combine elite with ncaa (Lilia Cosman is at Michigan State)

The Fed is supportive:

“Ana has been admitted to Stanford University, and Lilia to Michigan State University. Corina Moroșan, technical director at FRG, discussed with officials from the two universities to establish the gymnasts’ program and objectives,” the federation announced.

“Ana and Lilia will continue their preparation for the 2025 international competitions. Congratulations Ana, congratulations Lilia, we are proud of you,” the Federation also announced.

Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu accepted to Stanford University - The Romania Journal

Ana Barbosu announced that she can't wait to go to the Stanford Gymnastics University in America, where she has just been accepted.

www.romaniajournal.ro

 

[dweiss324]

Wow, good for her!!

 

[rlayt]

Awesome!

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Stanford have done very well to get an Olympic medallist!

Agree it'll be really interesting to see if and how this works with elite. It makes sense that Ana would still be preparing for international competition this year, as the season doesn't clash with NCAA and she could pick up some hardware. It's also possible it would work with 2026 Euros, if she wanted to do it and they actually manage to find a summer host (we shall see). But the logistics would be more complex once she's started.

 

[MaryClare]

Stanford have done very well to get an Olympic medallist!

Agree it'll be really interesting to see if and how this works with elite. It makes sense that Ana would still be preparing for international competition this year, as the season doesn't clash with NCAA and she could pick up some hardware. It's also possible it would work with 2026 Euros, if she wanted to do it and they actually manage to find a summer host (we shall see). But the logistics would be more complex once she's started.

Well, Olympic medal-ish

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

That floor debacle must have made for a very good admissions essay.

 

[Laura722]

This is awesome!

Is Ana going to start competing this season?

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

That floor debacle must have made for a very good admissions essay.

Is Jessica Gadirova's ACL unfairly maligned? Discuss.

 

[RedBirdie]

This is awesome!

Is Ana going to start competing this season?

No, she'll start next season.

 

[Hatsumomo]

This is the first time I've personally heard of Romanian gymnasts doing NCAA. I do wonder if the ROM environment has been a partial motivator in going to NCAA. I'm probably reading too much in Barbosu's statement of Stanford feeling like a warm family environment, but it stands out when she was nearly bullied out of the sport.

 

[irichluck21]

Lilia Cosman is an American, born in the USA so a bit of an exception.

 

[MaryClare]

Imagine trying to convince gym fans 20 years ago that one day, Romania would have 2 of its Olympic team in ncaa

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

Imagine trying to convince gym fans 20 years ago that one day, Romania would have 2 of its Olympic team in ncaa

If only Gina Gogean had followed through on her commitment to Bama.