Paraguay expels swimmer Luana Alonso from Olympic Village

The participation of the 20-year-old Paraguayan swimmer, Luana Alonso, finished the current Olympic Games in Paris 2024, where she was unable to get the long-awaited medal and everything seems to indicate that in the extra-sporting field she will not finish in the best possible way either. The athlete has received a statement from the Paraguayan Olympic Committee requesting that she leave the Olympic Village immediately.

The reason why this decision was made is that “his presence “You are creating an inappropriate environment” for the rest of your compatriots. “You are immediately requested to withdraw from the Athletes’ Village of the aforementioned event (…) Your presence is creating an inappropriate environment within Team Paraguay. We thank you for proceeding as instructed, since it was of your own free will that you did not spend the night in the Athletes’ Village,” said Larissa Schaerer, head of the COP mission, in the statement sent to the athlete via email.

Withdrawal and act of indiscipline

“This was my last race, I’m retiring from swimming,” they said. her words in tears after competing in Paris and finishing sixth in Heat 1 of the 100-meter butterfly. Unfortunately for the Paraguayan, she was on the verge of making it to the semi-finals.

The young swimmer’s decision did not please the members at all. of the Olympic Committee of Paraguay. They even entered into the controversy of whether Luana was thinking of opting to represent the United States. “I read that she wants to compete for the United States. There is no universality there. She came here as a Paraguayan, not for time and mark. She has to train a lot more because to represent the United States she has to do the time and mark that she did not do…”, were the statements by Camilo Pérez, president of the COP.

A possible trip to Disney was a trigger

A few days later the organization reaffirmed that Luana had The athlete had apparently broken some of the Paraguayan delegation’s rules. “Leaving the village is not a normal act,” said Perez. He described the episode as a “major act of indiscipline.” The athlete had apparently left the Olympic Village facilities to go to Disneyland in Paris and posted the images on social media, where she is widely followed worldwide.

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