 In her first round heat she placed fifth in a time of 11.70 which was not enough to advance to the second round.In 2009 it became known that Naimova received a two-year ban from competition from the Bulgarian Athletic Federation, after that body found that she had manipulated the results of an out-of-competition IAAF urine test on 28 June 2008.All results achieved after this date would be stricken, including the Olympic Games participation.