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Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso<\/strong> slammed rumors she was removed from the 2024 Olympic Village<\/a> for \u201cinappropriate\u201d behavior.<\/p>\n \u201cI just wanted to make it clear that I was never removed or expelled from anywhere,\u201d Luana, 20, wrote via her Instagram Stories, which was translated from Spanish, on Monday, August 5.<\/p>\n The Olympian slammed the \u201cfalse information\u201d spreading, adding, \u201cI don\u2019t want to give any statement, but I\u2019m not going to let lies affect me either.\u201d<\/p>\n The Paraguay native failed to qualify for the women\u2019s 100m butterfly semifinals during the 2024 Paris Olympics. She finished sixth in her heat with a time of 1:03.09, slower than her 1:00.37 time from her run at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.<\/p>\n Following her failed qualification, the professional athlete announced her retirement<\/a> from the sport in an emotional post on social media.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s official now! I\u2019m retiring from swimming,\u201d she wrote on July 27. \u201cThank you all so much for the support! Sorry Paraguay, I only have to thank you!\u201d<\/p>\n Instead of supporting her teammates at the Games, she was accused of sneaking out to Disneyland and was flown home as punishment, according to local news reports.<\/p>\n \u201cHer presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,\u201d Larissa Schaerer<\/strong>, the head of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee boss said in a statement. \u201cWe thank her for proceeding as instructed, as it was of her own free will that she did not spend the night in the Athletes\u2019 Village.\u201d<\/p>\n President of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, Camilo Perez<\/strong>, also commented on the situation, telling a Paraguayan radio station, \u201cWe are a serious team that seeks to compete, not to go sightseeing.\u201d<\/p>\n Luana was accused of \u201cdistracting\u201d her fellow competitors by wearing skimpy clothes \u2014 wearing her own choice of clothes rather than the official kit provided by Paraguayan team chiefs \u2014 and socializing with other athletes, according to a separate report from the Daily Mail.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n It is common for athletes to stay at the Olympics until the closing ceremony and participate in festivities in the host city. However, the Olympian, who studies political science at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, has since gone home.<\/p>\n