Paris Olympics 2024: Brazilian swimmer kicked out of tournament for breaking THIS golden rule
Paris Olympics 2024: A Brazilian swimmer was kicked out of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday after violating a golden rule. According to Reuters, Ana Carolina Vieira snuck out of the athletes' village at night to hang out with her boyfriend and another athlete, Gabriel Santos.
On Friday night, the two left the village without clarifying it with the team before competing in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay with the Brazilian team on Saturday, 27 July. The team found out about her escape after she shared images from the night out on social media.
Gustavo Otsuka, the head of Brazil's swimming team, alerted the COB of their "inappropriate" behaviour, and Vieira also questioned a technical decision made by her country's team leader. Though Santos also violated the rules, he was given a warning after apologising.
“The athlete Ana Carolina, in a disrespectful and aggressive manner, contested a technical decision made by the Brazilian National Swimming Team committee. As a result, Gabriel Santos was given a warning and Ana Carolina Vieira was dismissed from the delegation. She will return to Brazil immediately,” the COB said.
Meanwhile, Otsuka issued a second statement in response to the situation, stating, “We're not here playing or taking a vacation. We're here working for Brazil, for the 200 million taxpayers who are working for us. We can't play around here. She took a completely inappropriate position to make her point, her dismay, about the formation of the relay.”
“It was during this period that we decided to take this situation to the disciplinary committee, discussed it and took the appropriate action. We ended up finding out through the posts,” Otsuka said.
- PTC NEWS
