The 2008 season was much worse, with season's bests of 11.43 and 23.44 seconds respectively. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she only competed in the 100 metres event. 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.