Swimmer Luana Alonso Slams Rumor She Was ‘Removed’ From Olympic Village for ‘Inappropriate’ Behavior

Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso slammed rumors she was removed from nan 2024 Olympic Village for “inappropriate” behavior.

“I conscionable wanted to make it clear that I was ne'er removed aliases expelled from anywhere,” Luana, 20, wrote via her Instagram Stories, which was translated from Spanish, connected Monday, August 5.

The Olympian slammed nan “false information” spreading, adding, “I don’t want to springiness immoderate statement, but I’m not going to fto lies impact maine either.”

The Paraguay autochthonal grounded to suffice for nan women’s 100m butterfly semifinals during nan 2024 Paris Olympics. She vanished sixth successful her power pinch a clip of 1:03.09, slower than her 1:00.37 clip from her tally astatine nan Tokyo Olympics 3 years ago.

Following her grounded qualification, nan master jock announced her retirement from nan athletics successful an affectional station connected societal media.

“It’s charismatic now! I’m retiring from swimming,” she wrote connected July 27. “Thank you each truthful overmuch for nan support! Sorry Paraguay, I only person to convey you!”

Instead of supporting her teammates astatine nan Games, she was accused of sneaking retired to Disneyland and was flown location arsenic punishment, according to section news reports.

“Her beingness is creating an inappropriate ambiance wrong Team Paraguay,” Larissa Schaerer, nan caput of nan Paraguayan Olympic Committee leader said successful a statement. “We convey her for proceeding arsenic instructed, arsenic it was of her ain free will that she did not walk nan nighttime successful nan Athletes’ Village.”

President of nan Paraguayan Olympic Committee, Camilo Perez, besides commented connected nan situation, telling a Paraguayan power station, “We are a superior squad that seeks to compete, not to spell sightseeing.”

Luana was accused of “distracting” her chap competitors by wearing skimpy apparel — wearing her ain prime of apparel alternatively than nan charismatic kit provided by Paraguayan squad chiefs — and socializing pinch different athletes, according to a abstracted study from nan Daily Mail.

It is communal for athletes to enactment astatine nan Olympics until nan closing ceremonial and participate successful festivities successful nan big city. However, nan Olympian, who studies governmental subject astatine Southern Methodist University successful Dallas, has since gone home.

After her last title connected July 27, nan swimmer penned a heartfelt message expressing her admiration for nan sport.

“Swimming: convey you for allowing maine to dream, you taught maine to fight, to try, perseverance, sacrifice, subject and galore more,” she captioned an Instagram post. “I gave you portion of my life and I don’t alteration it for thing successful nan world because I lived nan champion experiences of my life, you gave maine thousands of joys, friends from different countries that I will ever transportation them successful my heart, unsocial opportunities. It’s not goodbye, it’s spot you soon.”

Luana’s unexpected departure follows nan dismissal of different Olympian, 22-year-old Ana Carolina Vieira, from nan Brazilian squad for reportedly sneaking retired of nan athletes’ colony astatine nighttime pinch her boyfriend.

She allegedly became “disrespectful and aggressive” erstwhile nan Brazilian Olympic Committee confronted her astir it, starring to her being sent home.

The Brazilian swimmer collapsed her soundlessness connected nan business connected July 28, penning via Instagram that “communication nonaccomplishment destroyed” her Olympic dream.

“I’m very sad astir nan measurement I near nan Olympic Games,” she said successful Portuguese, which was translated to English. “I was going to aquatics 1 much competition, but I will proceed to cheer connected everyone that is still there. The full unit that is still competing. Cheer for Team Brazil.”

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) stated that Ana’s departure location was owed to “acts of indiscipline” aft she “left nan Olympic Village without authorization during nan nighttime past Friday.”