Shortly after she made headlines over her “thirst trap,” swimmer Luana Alonso of Paraguay was kicked out of the Olympic Village for inappropriate behavior.
According to TMZ, Committee Olympic Paraguay general manager Larissa Schaerer announced Alonso’s presence was having an “inappropriate’ effect on her team. The athlete was granted permission to leave the village by Schaerer after being asked to do so by the committee.
Although she left the Olympic Village without any issues, Luana Alonso allegedly returned to the athletic housing just to be reminded by Schaerer she wasn’t welcome.
Alonso broke her silence about the situation in an Instagram Story. “I just wanted to make it clear that I was never removed or expelled from anywhere,” she wrote. “Stop spreading false information. I don’t want to give any statement but I’m not going to let lies affect me either.”
Meanwhile, Alonso struggled a bit during her time at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The swimmer competed in the 100m butterfly and placed sixth, which meant she failed to qualify for the semi-finals. She announced her retirement from swimming following the race.
“Swimming: thank you for allowing me to dream, you taught me to fight, to try, perseverance, sacrifice, discipline and many more,” she wrote on Instagram. “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.”
After her time at the Olympics came to an end, Alonso decided to head to Disneyland Paris. She then left Paris to return to Texas, where she is a political science major at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Luana Alonso Allegedly Angered Bosses By Stating She Wanted to Represent the U.S. More
According to the DailyMail, Luana Alonso allegedly angered her bosses after stating she wanted to represent the U.S. more during the Olympics.
“I want to represent the United States more,” she said. “They threaten me that they are going to publish a statement, that I am going to leave because of universality. If I support my sport it is thanks to my sponsors, they want to humiliate me and say ‘it is not a big deal that you are leaving because of universality.’”
Alonso also stated she would rather go back to college in Texas. This is due to the tension she experienced about qualifying for the World Aquatics Championships. Instead of supporting and saying ‘damn, we trust the athletes’, not like ‘you’re going for the World Cup, we don’t care’, that’s why it’s not a pleasure to represent Paraguay and if it were up to me, I would go back to college.”
Camilo Perez, president of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, responded to the alleged claims from Alonso. “I read that she wants to compete for the United States,” Perez stated. “There is no universality there. She came here as a Paraguayan. She has to train a lot more to represent USA, her times have to be much better.”