PARIS — Brazilian swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira has been sent home from the Paris Olympics and her teammate Gabriel Santos was given a warning after they left the athletes' village without clearing it with the team, the Brazilian Olympic Committee said on Sunday (July 28).
Paris 2024 Olympics - Beach Volleyball Training - Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris, France - July 24, 2024. General view as the Olympic Rings and the Eiffel Tower are seen during training.PARIS — Brazilian swimmer Ana Carolina Vieira has been sent home from the Paris Olympics and her teammate Gabriel Santos was given a warning after they left the athletes' village without clearing it with the team, the Brazilian Olympic Committee said on Sunday .
The BOC said in a statement it had received a communique on Saturday from the head of the country's swimming team informing them the swimmers had "committed acts of indiscipline". "The athlete Ana Carolina, in a disrespectful and aggressive manner, contested a technical decision made by the Brazilian National Swimming Team committee," it said.
The 22-year-old Vieira competed on Saturday with the 4x100 metres freestyle relay team that finished 12th in the heats.
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