Shocking: Athlete Sent Home For Being Too Beautiful?

It is said that fellow athletes complained that she is distracting them.

Update: 2024-08-09 06:43 GMT

As the Paris Olympics is underway everyone is talking about a swimmer who was sent home midway. More than her exit, the reason behind this is getting all the attention. It was not her mistake and despite this, she had to face the heat. Her case is an example of how society looks at a woman.


Going into details Luana Alonso is a female Paraguayan swimmer. The young swimmer is just 20-year-old. It is said that fellow athletes complained that she is distracting them. It is said that the athletes felt she was so beautiful that her beauty was distracting them.

As per the media reports, the concerned body looked into the complaints raised by the athletes and sent her home. They also said that they could not completely focus on the game due to the woman swimmer’s beauty.

It was a big shock to the young swimmer who is just 20 years old. Not happy with this, the Paraguayan swimmer decided to not represent the country in the games, almost putting an end to her career. Reaching the international stage is a very big achievement for the athletes.

But she reached the position at a young age and she has a few records to her name in Butterfly events. Even in the ongoing Paris Olympics, the swimmer represented her country. However, she could not win any medal.

As her country is in the games with athletes representing the game across the sports she decided to stay with the team. However, fellow athletes reportedly complained to the management that the swimmer is distracting them and they could not focus on them.

With this, she was sent home which made her take the tough decision to stay away from representing the country in the games.

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