A romantic night out in the city of lights who
could resist Brazilian Olympic swimmers Anna Carolina Vieira and her
boyfriend Gabriel Santos couldn't,
and it ended up getting Vieira sent back to South
America.
Vieira and Santos, social media stars in their home country,
were caught leaving the Olympic village in Paris without their
teams permission on July 26th thanks to their own online
posts.
The big night out in central Paris took place on
Friday,
the night before their respective events,
with both taking part in four by 100m relay races
the next day.
Viera and her team finished 12th in the heats on
Saturday,
while Santos and his. Lace 10th.
In a statement, the Brazilian Olympic Committee said it had
been informed by the head of the country swimming team
that the pair had,
quote, committed acts of indiscipline by sneaking out.
But that's not why Vieira was sent home.
Reuters reports that the real reason the 22 year old
had to go was her behavior during the meeting,
when team officials were doling out their punishment for the
pair leaving the village and seeing the sights.
While Santos was only given a warning for the unauthorized
outing,
the arrow was dismissed and sent home because she also
challenged the Brazilian swimming team's relay lineup,
and she apparently didn't pull back,
the BOC said in a statement.
Viera committed. Distinct acts of indiscipline,
one was leaving the Olympic Village without the consent of
the technical committee and another was aggressively and disrespectfully challenging
the technical committees lineup,
Gustavo Otsuka, Brazil swimming team leader,
told Reuters at Viera crossed the line,
saying Viera took a completely inappropriate position to make her
point for dismay about the formation of the relay.
In a separate statement, the BOC said that Vieira will
return to Brazil immediately.
Vieira, however, has disputed this version of events.
She has claimed instead that she did nothing wrong and
has complained about being expelled from the Olympic Village without.
Any of her belongings, she said in an Instagram story.
But things are there in the Olympic Village.
I went to the airport in shorts.
I had to open my suitcase at the airport.
I'm helpless. I've had no access to anything.
I have not been able to speak to anyone.
Viera added that she plans to speak to her lawyers
about the matter,
saying I am sad, nervous,
but with a piece of mind because I know who
I am.
I know what my character and my nature are.
Team leader Otsuka told Reuters that the whole situation reflects
poorly on their home country,
adding, we're not here playing or taking a vacation.
We're here working for Brazil for the 200 million tax.
Who are working for us.
We can't play around here.
While the Olympic Village is set to accommodate the needs
of its athletes,
There is a beauty parlor,
a hair salon, there's a post office,
there's a grocery store. It was clearly no match for
Paris proper,
which proved too tempting for the young couple likely soured
now on their Bowl Olympic experience.