Know more about the swimming star Luana Alonso along with her age and height, as she has been expelled from the Paris Olympics 2024 for sneaking out to Disneyland
For the unversed, the glamorous Paraguayan swimmerโs participation in the Paris 2024 Games ended after she failed to advance past the womenโs 100m butterfly heats.
And she now will not be allowed to stay in the Athletesโ Village for the remainder of the Games.
As per local media, Alonso spent a night out in Paris and visited Disneyland instead of supporting her teammates.
Furious team officials ordered her to fly home as a punishment and released a statement regarding the same.
Who is Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso, bio, age, height, tattoo and Instagram
Olympics swimmer Luana Alonso has been REMOVED from the athletes village for creating an 'inappropriate environment' ๐ณ pic.twitter.com/wKRYlpPVkh
— Mail Sport (@MailSport) August 5, 2024
What Did the Paraguayan Olympic Committee Say?
A statement from the Paraguayan Olympic Committee boss Larissa Schaerer read, โHer 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 Athletesโ Village.”
As of now, the 20-year-old has not commented on her departure from the Athletesโ Village. However, she did announce her retirement after narrowly missing qualification for the semi-final by just 0.24 seconds.
Alonso went viral after getting a tattoo of the Olympic rings on her hip.
What Did Luana Alonso Say?
Taking to Instagram, after the race, Alonso told her 310,000 followers that she is โretiring from swimming,โ while thanking everyone for โthe support.โ In addition, she revealed that she is emotional as โit was my last race.โ
About Luana Alonso
Born on March 19, 2004, Luana Alonso, is a Paraguayan swimmer. She competed in womenโs 100m butterfly event in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and she holds various Paraguayan records in the butterfly discipline.
Born: 19 March 2004 (age 20 years), Asunciรณn, Paraguay
Height: 1.7 m
Weight: 60 kg (132 lb)
Luana Alonso, who competed in Tokyo at the age of 17, insisted that she isnโt retiring on a whim, adding that she has planned it well before the games. After her final race in the 100m butterfly, she posted a heartfelt farewell note on Instagram.
Luana Alonso, while studying at Southern Methodist University and swimming dodbthe Dallas Mustangs, balanced a rigorous academic schedule with demanding training.
Throughout her career, Alonso set multiple Paraguayan records in butterfly events and represented her country at numerous international competitions, cementing her legacy in Paraguayan swimming.
Alonsoโs retirement came in the light days after when Olympian Ana Carolina Vieira was expelled from the Brazilian team for reportedly sneaking out at night to meet her boyfriend, Gabriel Santos, also a swimmer.