Paraguayan Swimmer Luana Alonso waskicked out of the Olympic Village after authorities claimed she was creating an“inappropriate environment.”
Her country had high hopes for the athlete as she came to Paris holding the 50m, 100m, and 200m butterfly Paraguayan records, but her performance ultimately disappointed as she came in sixth place in the preliminary heats.
HighlightsParaguayan swimmer Luana Alonso was expelled from the Olympic Village for ‘inappropriate behavior’ after failing to qualify for the Butterfly semi-finals.Her performance was disappointing as she placed sixth in the preliminary heats, leading to a tense atmosphere within the team.Alonso announced her retirement from swimming shortly after her disqualification, citing personal reasons and future aspirations outside the sport.
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The results created what was described as “a tense atmosphere” inside the team, which resulted in the athlete allegedly getting into a confrontation and announcing her retirement from the competition.
Soon after she left theVillaout of her own accord without the approval of her supervisors, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee applied disciplinary measures against her.
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Paraguay bans a swimmer from the Olympic Village one day after she failed to qualify for the butterfly swimming semi-finals, citing “inappropriate behavior”
No further details have been divulged on the nature of the altercation that caused Alonso to leave theOlympic Villa. However, the athlete updated her fans on herInstagram accountand was seen coming up to border control in the United States, where she’s majoring in Political Sciences at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
“I loveswimmingcompetitively, but that’s not what I want for my life,” she told Paraguayan radio station730 AM.
“I would like to have a family, and if I keep being tied to the sport, I don’t think that will be possible.”
The athlete announced her retirement shortly after being disqualified from continuing to the semi-finals of her event
“My performance was not what I was hoping for, and I’m very emotional because this will be the final race of my career,” she said in aninterviewwhile holding back tears.
“It’s been 18 years of my life. I apologize to Paraguay with all my heart. I did what I could,” she continued.
“Despite the result, I’m happy to retire in the middle of a packed stadium here at the 2024 Paris Olympics.”
“She didn’t come here because of her scores, she came here because she’s Paraguayan. If she intends to represent the US she will have to achieve scores that she has not achieved so far,” he said,accordingto Latin American sports news siteAS.
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