Glam Olympics swimmer Luana Alonso breaks silence after claims she ‘distracted athletes & wore inappropriate outfits’

GLAMOROUS swimming star Luana Alonso has broken her silence to furiously hit back at reports she was kicked out of the Paris Olympics for creating an “inappropriate atmosphere”.

The Paraguayan athlete, 20, insisted she is a victim of “lies” after it was reported that she was banished from the Paris 2024 Athletes’ Village over her behaviour and visiting Disneyland.

Glamourous swimming star Luana Alonso says she is a victim of ‘lies’

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Reports emerged that the 20-year-old swimmer was kicked out of the Paris Olympics[/caption]

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It was claimed Alonso was “distracting” fellow competitors in the Athletes’ Village and was wearing racy outfits rather than her official Olympic uniform.

Bosses at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee were left furious over Alonso’s behaviour, with reports suggesting they booted her out and sent her back home.

A statement chief Larissa Schaerer read: “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.”

However, Alonso said she was never kicked out or expelled from the country’s Olympic campaign – and asked not to spread the misinformation.

In a social media post, she said: “I just wanted to clarify that I was never kicked out or expelled from anywhere, please stop spreading false information. 

“I don’t want to make any statement but I’m not going to let lies affect me either.”

Local media claims that Alonso spent a night out in Paris and went to Disneyland rather than staying to support teammates.

She even checked into a hotel in the French capital and visited luxury stores and restaurants.

After failing to progress past the women’s 100m butterfly heats in the Summer Games campaign by a mere 0.24 seconds, Alonso called time on her career and announced her retirement.

After the race, she told her on 310,000 Instagram followers: “It’s official now! I’m retiring from swimming, thank you all so much for the support.

“Sorry Paraguay, I only have to thank you!”

But the star swimmer has yet to confirm she has left France.

Alonso, who competed at the Tokyo Games at 17, insists she didn’t retire on a whim.

“People. My decision was made a long time ago!” she said. “It wasn’t because of the Games!

“So nothing, I just have to thank everyone who always supported me.”

However, a recent report published by Paraguayan media HOY claims Alonso had stated she would prefer to represent the United States -long before the Paris Olympics even kicked off.

She was even heard saying she would prefer going back to Texas, US, rather than going back home.

She said: “I want to represent the United States more.

“It’s not a pleasure to represent Paraguay and if it were up to me, I would go back to college.”

Her surprise retirement comes after another Olympian, Ana Carolina Vieira, 22, was kicked off the Brazilian team after reportedly sneaking out at night from the athletes’ village with her boyfriend.

Vieira and her partner Gabriel Santos, who is also a swimmer, sneaked out of the Olympic Village to go on a night out in Paris, Brazilian media reported.

She allegedly became “disrespectful and aggressive” when the Brazilian Olympic Committee pulled her up on it, so they sent her home.

Alonso posing with her country’s flag near the Eiffel Tower

The glamourous swimmer said she wants to represent the US