Swimmer Luana Alonso kicked out of Olympic Village for ‘inappropriate’ behavior.
ris Olympics for Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso.
The 20-year-old athlete — who retired from the sport after she failed to advance out of her heat and into the women’s 100m butterfly semifinals on July 27 — was asked to leave the Olympic Village for creating an inappropriate environment, the Sun reported Monday.
“Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,” Larissa Schaerer, head of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, said in a statement published by the outlet.
“We thank her for proceeding as instructed, as it was of her own free will that she did not spend the night in the Athletes’ Village.”
Parguayan swimmer Luana Alonso competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Instagram/Luana Alonso
Swimmer Luana Alonso models a green bikini in an Instagram post.Instagram / @luanalonsom
Paraguay’s Luana Alonso competes in a heat of the women’s 100m butterfly swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in July 2023.
Alonso had reportedly been staying in the Olympic Village despite announcing her retirement from the sport.
Paraguayan media outlets reported that Alonso had spent time in Disneyland instead of supporting her teammates, upsetting the country’s Olympic leadership.
A separate report by The Daily Mail said Alonso became a distraction to other competitors with her “skimpy clothing and socializing with other athletes.”
She finished sixth in her heat with a time of 1:03.09, which was higher than her 1:00.37 from her heat in the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.
Luana Alonso competed at the Paris Games this summer.Instagram / @luanalonsom
Luana Alonso is seen on a jet ski in an Instagram post.Instagram / @luanalonsom
Ana Nizharadze (from right) of Team Georgia, Oumy Diop of Team Senegal and Luana Alonso of Team Paraguay prepare to compete in the women’s 100m butterfly heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024, in Nanterre, France.Getty Images
