The Paraguayan Olympic team is in for a stir at the Paris Olympic Games. Swimmer Luana Alonso, athlete and influencer with thousands of followers, announced his retirement in the middle of the Olympic Games and She was invited to leave the Olympic Village due to what the team management considered “undisciplined behavior” and the creation of an “inappropriate environment”.
The swimmer finished sixth, thus abandoning the competition and the Villa. However, after doing A tour of the most emblematic places in France and even visited Disneyland, the young woman returned to the venue, which generated some criticism on social networks and discomfort among the Paraguayan delegation. In this way, the Paraguayan Olympic Committee He told him that he could not be there if he was not part of the delegation.according to local media reports.
The email, which was sent to the athlete on Thursday morning, stated: “His presence today is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within the Paraguay team.. We would appreciate it if you proceeded as instructed, as it was of your own free will. who has not spent the night in the Athletes’ Village“, as revealed by the media ABC Paraguay.
Luana Alonso during a test. (Reuters/Issei Kato)
“Not even in North Korea”
After the decision of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, Luana Alonso shared various messages on X. “I don’t understand why they are attacking Luana Alonso so much. and giving her opinion and giving her bad vibes, she was saying that this was her last competition, each person is a different world, decisions must be respected. It’s very easy to hide behind the keyboard to criticize someone who works.” “Not even in North Korea do they punish you for going out after you’ve finished competing”said another user.
Luana Alonso, from just 20 yearshad participated in the 100-meter butterfly event, where finished in sixth place with a time of 1:03.09. Despite not having achieved the result I expected, Alonso expressed feeling satisfied to have completed her career at an event as prestigious as the Olympic Games.
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— Luana Alonso OLY (@luanalonsom) July 26, 2024
“I had mixed feelings because it didn’t go the way I wanted, to be able to finish my career in a comfortable way, but I’m happy that my last competition is at the Olympic Games,” she told the agency. The Associated Press. “I’m not retiring because of that pressure (from social media). That is totally separate, I always knew how to manage social networks with my sports career,” she clarified. The young woman holds four national records in Paraguay and has been an inspiration to many in his country.
The Paraguayan Olympic team is in for a stir at the Paris Olympic Games. Swimmer Luana Alonso, athlete and influencer with thousands of followers, announced his retirement in the middle of the Olympic Games and She was invited to leave the Olympic Village due to what the team management considered “undisciplined behavior” and the creation of an “inappropriate environment”.
