Luana Alonso had a disappointing campaign in the Olympic swimming pool
An Olympic swimmer has been asked to leave the Olympic Village for allegedly creating an ‘inappropriate environment’.
Luana Alonso, a swimmer for Paraguay at the 2024 Olympic games, was one of the many athletes staying in the Olympic Village, where the athletes trained, slept and spent time together while they waited for their turn to compete.
The swimmer holds Paraguayan records in the 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly events, however, she didn’t have the best run at the Games this year after coming in sixth place at the butterfly heats.
However, according to a statement from team Paraguay, she has since been asked to leave the Village as the Games enters it’s final week of competition.
Luana Alonso was reportedly asked to leave the village. (Instagram/@luanalonsom)
As per The Daily Mail, Larissa Schaerer, the head of the COP mission, said: “Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay.
“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.”
There has been no further information on what the alleged ‘inappropriate’ behaviour was, but, according to her Instagram Stories, the 20-year-old has since returned to US, where she is studying at Dallas University in Texas.
Her post shows her coming up to border control, however, she has yet to address the statement from COP.
UNILAD has contacted POC and Alonso for comment.
Alonso failed to qualify for the semi-finals with her time of 1:03.09 – three seconds below her personal best.
However, shortly after, the swimmer took to social media to announce her retirement from the sport.
Alonso wrote: “Swimming: thank you for allowing me to dream, you taught me to fight, to try, perseverance, sacrifice, discipline and many more.
The statement claimed that she created an ‘inappropriate environment’. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
“I gave you part of my life and I don’t change it for anything in the world because I lived the best experiences of my life, you gave me thousands of joys, friends from other countries that I will always carry them in my heart, unique opportunities.
“It’s not goodbye, it’s see you soon.”
The swimmer made her Olympic debut at the age of 17 at the delayed Tokyo Olympics.
But while some assumed that Alonso’s retirement was because of her recent performance, she has since confirmed otherwise.
“People, my decision was made a long time ago! It wasn’t because of the games! So nothing, I just have to thank everyone who always supported me,” she told Claro Sports.
“It didn’t happen the way I wanted it to. I sincerely apologise to Paraguay, but I did what I could, despite several things that happened to me before. So, I’m happy and also to retire here with a full stadium and finally have the Olympic Games.”
