Olympic swimmer removed from athletes’ village for creating ‘inappropriate environment’

She is already on her way home

Paraguayan swimmer, Luana Alonso was staying at the village for the duration of the games but the Paraguay Olympic Committee announced she had been asked to leave.

Alonso finished sixth in the 100m butterfly 0.24 seconds behind Georgia’s Ana Nizharadze and missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals of the event.

The 20-year-old then announced her retirement from the sport via a post on her Instagram account which boasts 500,000 followers.

Alonso has now been removed due to her ‘inappropriate behaviour’ but the statement did not expand or clarify what the behaviour was.

A statement from 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.”

Her Instagram story suggests she has now travelled back to the US where she attends school after she posted a video driving towards a border control crossing.

It was the Paraguayan’s second Olympics after making her debut at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

She is amongst the youngest competitors to retire at the age of 20.

In her statement, she said: “Swimming: thank you for allowing me to dream, you taught me to fight, to try, perseverance, sacrifice, discipline and many more. 

“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.”

She later clarified that she had made her decision a long time ago and that it wasn’t to do with the Games.