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New York Post
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Paraguayan Olympian Luana Alonso fires back at country's officials year after allegedly creating ‘inappropriate atmosphere' amid Olympic Village exit
Paraguayan Olympic swimmer Luana Alonso shot back at her country's claims she was kicked out of the Olympic Village last year for creating an inappropriate environment, slamming it as a lie and 'false rumors.' Alonso, 21, competed for her native Paraguay in the women's 100m Butterfly at the 2024 Summer Games, but failed to reach the semifinals. During her time in France, Alonso was accused of creating an 'inappropriate atmosphere,' forcing the Paraguayan Olympic Committee to remove her from the other athletes. Advertisement 6 Paraguayan Olympic swimmer Luana Alonso poses for a photo at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Facebook /Luana Alonso She had waited 11 months to address the situation. 'Let me make this clear: I left the Olympic Village on my own,' Alonso wrote on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday. Advertisement The two-time Olympian reportedly became problematic after she failed to make it out of the heat races and took a day trip to Disneyland Paris instead of supporting her compatriots, angering the country's Olympic officials. She documented her trip to the theme park on social media, posing for a picture wearing Mickey Mouse ears and holding a champagne flute. 'Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,' Larissa Schaerer, the head of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, said in a statement published by The Sun at the time. 6 Alonso points at the Olympic Rings hanging on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, during the 2024 Olympics. Facebook /Luana Alonso Advertisement Alonso fired back, saying the accusations were not true. 'The Paraguayan Olympic team claimed I created an 'inappropriate environment simply because I decided I didn't want to swim anymore,' she said. 'They tried to take my accreditation away, but that's not something they had the right to do. I chose not to hand it over and apparently that was 'inappropriate' to them.' Her dress style, which featured 'skinny clothing' and socializing with athletes, was also noted as a distraction during her stay at the Olympic Village in Seine-Saint-Denis. She made headlines before the start of the Paris Games when she debuted a new tattoo on her hips of the five Olympic rings. Advertisement 6 Luana Alonso prepares to compete in the Women's 100m Butterfly heats on July 27, 2024. Getty Images 6 Alonso's dress style, which featured 'skinny clothing' and socializing with athletes, was also noted as a distraction during her stay at the Olympic Village in Seine-Saint-Denis. Facebook /Luana Alonso After she was removed from the Olympic Village, Alonso reportedly checked into a Parisian hotel and visited high-end stores and restaurants. The Southern Methodist University alum claimed Paraguayan swimming officials had pleaded for her to return to the pool for the Pan American Junior Games being held in the country's capital, Asunción, in August. 'If I had been treated with basic respect, maybe I wouldn't have stepped away,' she added. Alonso says she always had 'given everything' for her country but when she stood up for herself it was viewed as a problem. The two-time Olympian threatened to sue news outlets who ran stories about the accusations brought against her by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee. Advertisement 'I'm seriously considering legal action against the magazines and media outlets spreading false rumors like that I was expelled from the Olympic Village. Really? Who came up with that nonsense? Well that it's not true,' she wrote. Alonso also teased that she would be releasing a video to better explain her thinking. 'Seriously this (sic) lies are wild and affecting my life and that's why I decided I'm keeping my life lowkey,' she said. Alonso retired from competitive swimming shortly after the Olympics concluded, but made a sudden about-face weeks later when she returned to training. Advertisement 6 After she was removed from the Olympic Village, Alonso reportedly checked into a Parisian hotel and visited high-end stores and restaurants. Facebook /Luana Alonso 6 Alonso made headlines before the start of the Paris Games when she debuted a new tattoo on her hips of the five Olympic rings. Facebook /Luana Alonso In May, she teased her return to the pool in a cryptic message, not ruling out competition or the Olympics. 'Next year I'm coming back,' she wrote to a fan's question. 'But I don't know if I will be back to competitive swimming.'
Toronto Sun
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
‘Inappropriate' Olympian Luana Alonso teases return to swimming
Paraguayan swimmer made tabloid headlines for her Olympic Village antics during the 2024 Paris Games Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso left the Olympic Games in Paris. Instagram After a red-hot summer in Paris when she made more waves with her antics in the Olympic Village than in the pool, Luana Alonso could be back in the water soon. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The Paraguayan Olympic swimmer teased a return to the pool just months after announcing her retirement from swimming following her controversial time at the 2024 Olympics. Alonso, who allegedly was kicked out of the Olympic Village over supposed 'inappropriate behaviour,' now says she may be eying a return to the spotlight. The revelation was made in an Instagram Story earlier this week in response to a follower asking whether she would swim or participate in the Olympics again. 'Next year I'm coming back,' Alonso revealed. 'But I don't know if I will be back to competitive swimming.' Alonso's return would come after she graduates from Southern Methodist University. She had competed for the Dallas-based school for one season before she chose not to return to the team in 2023-24. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. She later posted another Instagram story on Tuesday night with a photo of the school's campus and the caption: '1 semester to go.' The Paraguayan beauty was one of the most memorable tabloid stars of the Games in Paris. She gained popularity as an influencer on social media for posting sultry snaps of herself in revealing swimwear and documented her trip to Paris on her Instagram account. But her relationship with the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) soured after she failed to qualify for the 100-metre butterfly semifinal and then abruptly retired – while still sticking around Paris and staying in the Olympic Village. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. According to Larissa Schaerer, the head of COP, Alonso was 'creating an inappropriate atmosphere' around the team and was asked to leave the athletes' dorms. 'Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay,' Schaerer said in a statement. '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.' The Daily Mail also reported that Alonso was accused of being a distraction to her fellow competitors with her socializing and attire. She was often seen sporting stylish outfits as opposed to team uniforms and opted to take a trip to Disneyland Paris instead of cheer on her compatriots. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. However, Alonso fired back at those reports, insisting that they are 'false information' and that she wasn't asked to leave. 'I just wanted to make it clear that I was never removed or expelled from anywhere, stop spreading false information,' Alonso posted in her Instagram Stories in Spanish, according to the Daily Beast. 'I don't want to give any statement but I'm not going to let lies affect me either.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The added attention from the controversy has put a lot more eyes on the former Olympian. Since taking part in the Paris Games, Alonso has seen her follower count on Instagram more than double, jumping from around 500,000 to more than 1.1 million. In October, the 21-year-old started an OnlyFans page, seemingly looking to capitalize on her viral fame, charging US$35 per month for exclusive content on the website. according to TMZ. Read More Celebrity Columnists NHL Editorial Cartoons Sunshine Girls
Buzz Feed
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
55 Super Creepy Pictures Of Abandoned Places That Are Giving Me The Chills
Have you ever driven past an abandoned house or mall and wondered what's left? Urban explorers are people who actually venture inside. And while you may be too afraid to actually enter an abandoned place yourself, the photos are utterly fascinating. Here are 55 creepy pictures from abanonded places: 1. This decaying kindergarten in Kopachi, a ghost town near Chernobyl: 2. The deserted swim hall at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Village: 3. A cabinet of autopsy results in Ospedale al Mare, an abandoned hospital in Venice: 4. This abandoned home in New Orleans: 5. This abandoned Hollywood Hills mansion, which once belonged to John Powers Middleton (whose billionaire father owns the Phillies): 6. This strange graffiti inside a deserted school: 7. The abandoned Galaxy Ghost Ship Hotel, from the Koh Chang Laguna resort in Thailand: 8. And here's the Galaxy after it caught on fire in 2024: 9. And here's a close-up: 10. These abandoned homes that have been reclaimed by nature in China: 11. These forlorn UFO-shaped houses in Taiwan: 12. And a closer look inside one of the UFOs: 13. This hallway in the old hospital wing on Ellis Island: 14. Inside the allegedly haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville: 15. This forgotten chateau in France: 16. And inside the chateau's dining room: 17. Decaying decor from the shutdown theme park Wonderland Eurasia in Turkey: 18. And more ruins from Wonderland Eurasia: 19. This abandoned Range Rover in the woods of England: 20. And here's a look inside the car: 21. This crumbling Alpenhaus at Beelitz-Heilstätten, an old lung sanatorium in Germany: 22. The derelict dining room inside the Alpenhaus: 23. Vela Gialla, a skyscraper that was reportedly the Neapolitan mafia's stronghold in Italy: 24. Savaşan village, a sunken city in Turkey that's underwater because of a dam that was built: 25. This field of forsaken electric cars in China: 26. This forlorn factory in Germany: 27. These derelict phonebooths in London: 28. This forgotten bike-sharing yard in China: 29. This deserted house on Sazan Island in Albania: 30. This deserted motel along Route 66 in California: 31. This empty pool inside an abandoned Soviet mining settlement: Picture Alliance / dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images 32. This sailboat in Panama that the fish have reclaimed: MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP via Getty Images 33. This abandoned playboy mansion: Thomas Weakley / Via 34. The decaying Fort Wayne Hotel ballroom in Detroit: Timothy Fadek / Corbis via Getty Images 35. This vacant village in in Germany: Picture Alliance / dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images 36. This empty pool at a mansion that used to belong to a police chief in Mexico: Univision Noticias / Via 37. This deserted pub in London: Carl Court / Getty Images 38. This waterlogged mall in Bangkok: Nurphoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images 39. This forsaken train station in Spain: VW Pics / VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 40. This room filled with gas masks at Chernobyl: Bildagentur-online / Universal Images Group via Getty Images 41. Inside the auditorium of an abandoned high school in Detroit: Timothy Fadek / Corbis via Getty Images 42. A derelict doctor's office in the ghost town of Humberstone, Chile: VW Pics / VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images 43. And this old church in Humberstone: Anadolu / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images 44. These abandoned mascots from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images 45. This deserted mall in North Macedonia: Pierre Crom / Getty Images 46. This preschool that was left behind in Pripyat after Chernobyl: Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images 47. This decaying swing ride at an abandoned amusement park in Cyprus: AMIR MAKAR / AFP via Getty Images 48. These old Soviet space shuttles that were left inside an old launch site in Kazakhstan: Scott Peterson / Getty Images 49. This crumbling church in England: Heritage Images / Getty Images 50. This pool in a deserted mansion: Strange Places / Via 51. The shopping carts rusting inside an abandoned supermarket in the ghost town of Pripyat, Ukraine: Sean Gallup / Getty Images 52. This decaying motel in the California desert: David McNew / Getty Images 53. This abandoned power station in London: Jim Dyson / Getty Images Jim Dyson / Getty Images 54. The desolate restaurant in the Plimhimmon Hotel in Maryland: Aladdin Color Inc / Getty Images 55. And finally, this abandoned admin office in Norway: OLIVIER MORIN / AFP via Getty Images Have you ever been urban exploring? What did you find? Share your experiences in the comments!
Yahoo
14-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Developers reveal proposal for new Chicago Bears stadium on city's South Side
CHICAGO (AP) — The developers of a tract of land on Chicago's South Side launched a Hail Mary they hope keeps the Bears in the city, revealing renderings on Friday for an enclosed stadium and mixed-use development on the site of the old Michael Reese Hospital. The plan released by Chicago's Farpoint Development calls for both a $3.2 billion, 75,000-seat stadium to house the founding NFL franchise as well as $356 million in parking and infrastructure to be financed privately. It also includes a park bridge to be built over Lake Shore Drive and 5 million square feet of 'neighboring development opportunities.' Farpoint said $600 million in public funding would be needed for 'infrastructure work that government would normally fund.' 'We believe in Chicago,' Farpoint founding principal Scott Goodman said in a statement. 'We have proposed an opportunity for the Bears to explore our site, which is viable and where a stadium can fit. And it fits on the south side of Chicago, bridging the gap to downtown.' The Bears declined comment on Friday. They have rejected the 48.6-acre site in the past, saying it was too narrow and that commuter train tracks presented engineering challenges. The city acquired the Michael Reese site to serve as an Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Games, which wound up going to Rio de Janeiro. Bears president Kevin Warren has said repeatedly the focus is on building a stadium next door to Soldier Field as part of a transformation of Chicago's lakefront museum campus. That plan unveiled last spring calls for $3.2 billion for the new stadium plus $1.5 billion in infrastructure, potentially including a publicly owned hotel. It got a full-throated endorsement from mayor Brandon Johnson but a tepid reception from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislators. The Bears also own a 326-acre tract of land in suburban Arlington Heights where a stadium could be built. They unveiled a nearly $5 billion plan that also called for restaurants, retail and more in September 2022, when they were finalizing the purchase of that site. The Bears have played at Soldier Field since 1971. The team's lease runs through 2033. ___ AP NFL:
Associated Press
14-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Developers reveal proposal for new Chicago Bears stadium on city's South Side
CHICAGO (AP) — The developers of a tract of land on Chicago's South Side launched a Hail Mary they hope keeps the Bears in the city, revealing renderings on Friday for an enclosed stadium and mixed-use development on the site of the old Michael Reese Hospital. The plan released by Chicago's Farpoint Development calls for both a $3.2 billion, 75,000-seat stadium to house the founding NFL franchise as well as $356 million in parking and infrastructure to be financed privately. It also includes a park bridge to be built over Lake Shore Drive and 5 million square feet of 'neighboring development opportunities.' Farpoint said $600 million in public funding would be needed for 'infrastructure work that government would normally fund.' 'We believe in Chicago,' Farpoint founding principal Scott Goodman said in a statement. 'We have proposed an opportunity for the Bears to explore our site, which is viable and where a stadium can fit. And it fits on the south side of Chicago, bridging the gap to downtown.' The Bears declined comment on Friday. They have rejected the 48.6-acre site in the past, saying it was too narrow and that commuter train tracks presented engineering challenges. The city acquired the Michael Reese site to serve as an Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Games, which wound up going to Rio de Janeiro. Bears president Kevin Warren has said repeatedly the focus is on building a stadium next door to Soldier Field as part of a transformation of Chicago's lakefront museum campus. That plan unveiled last spring calls for $3.2 billion for the new stadium plus $1.5 billion in infrastructure, potentially including a publicly owned hotel. It got a full-throated endorsement from mayor Brandon Johnson but a tepid reception from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislators. The Bears also own a 326-acre tract of land in suburban Arlington Heights where a stadium could be built. They unveiled a nearly $5 billion plan that also called for restaurants, retail and more in September 2022, when they were finalizing the purchase of that site. The Bears have played at Soldier Field since 1971. The team's lease runs through 2033. ___
