Career
Laroui began gymnastics when she was six years old. [1] She competed in the espoir division at the 2017 French Championships and finished fourth in the all-around. [2] She then finished sixth in the all-around at the 2017 Elite Gym Massilia. [3]
Laroui competed in the junior division for the first time in 2019 and finished 12th in the all-around at the French Championships. [4] She then competed at the Top Gym Tournament in Charleroi, Belgium, and won a silver medal on the balance beam behind Russia's Elena Gerasimova. [5]
Laroui became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2021. At the 2021 French Championships, she finished seventh in the all-around and fourth on the floor exercise. [6] She was age-eligible for the 2020 Olympic team due to the year-long postponement of the Games, [7] but she was not selected for the team. [8]
Laroui competed with the French team that won a silver medal at the 2022 Mediterranean Games behind Italy. [9] She finished eighth in the all-around at the 2022 French Championships and sixth on the vault. [10]
Laroui won a bronze medal with the French team at the 2023 DTB Pokal Stuttgart. [11] Individually, she qualified for the uneven bars and floor exercise finals, where she finished fifth and fourth, respectively. [12] She was then selected to compete with the French team at the 2023 European Championships, [13] and they finished sixth. [14] She won her first senior international medal at the 2023 Varna World Challenge Cup by finishing second on the uneven bars to Zsófia Kovács. [15] [16] She then won the all-around title at the 2023 French Championships. [17] At the Heidelberg Friendly, she helped the French team place third, and she placed third on the uneven bars. [18] She competed on the uneven bars at the Paris World Challenge Cup and placed 12th in the qualification round. [19] She was the team alternate for France at the 2023 World Championships, [20] and they won the country's first World team medal since 1950. [21]
Laroui won a bronze medal with the French team at the 2024 DTB Pokal Stuttgart, [22] and she placed third in the all-around behind Georgia Godwin and Wu Ran. [23] Then at the City of Jesolo Trophy, she helped the French team place fifth. [24] She helped her Lyon club place fourth at the Top 12 Finals. [25] She then won the all-around bronze medal at the French Championships, behind Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos and Morgane Osyssek. [26] In the event finals, she won silver medals on the vault behind Ming van Eijken and on the balance beam behind de Jesus dos Santos. [27] She won the all-around title at the Haguenau Friendly and helped the French team win the gold medal. [28]
Laroui was selected to be the team alternate for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Five days before the Olympic Games began, she received a six-month ban for taking salbutamol without a therapeutic use exemption following a positive doping test at the French Championships. She began taking the medication through an inhaler after a respiratory infection earlier that year. The French Anti-Doping Agency reduced her suspension from two-years to six-months because she argued her doctors misguided her on the proper dosage. [29] [30] [31]
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