“I just wanted to make it clear that I was never removed or expelled from anywhere, stop spreading false information,” Alonso wrote, according to the Daily Beast. “I don’t want to give any statement but I’m not going to let lies affect me either.”
The recently retired swimmer’s claim came after Larissa Schaerer, the head of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, said Alonso was kicked out of the Olympic Village for creating an “inappropriate atmosphere” in a statement obtained by the Sun on on August 5.
“Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,” Schaerer said. “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.”
Alonso reportedly continued staying at the Olympic Village despite her sudden retirement announcement during the first official day of competition. Paraguayan media outlets reported that the swimmer had also spent time in Disneyland Paris, rather than supporting her former teammates, which upset the country’s Olympic leadership.
The Paraguayan outlet HOY (h/t the New York Post) reported that Alonso, who now lives in Dallas, previously said she intended to represent the United States instead of her home country.
“I want to represent the United States more,” Alonso allegedly said during a live video on social media shared prior to the Paris Olympics.
Alonso competed at Southern Methodist University as a sophomore and previously attended Virginia Tech University from 2021-2022. The Paraguayan swimmer also shared a video on her Instagram story that appeared to show her re-entering the United States border on August 4.
Alonso finished sixth in her heat with a time of 1:03.09, which was slower than her time of 1:00.37 from her heat at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
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