Brazilian athlete banned from Olympics for breaking rules with teammate

Brazilian swimmer Ana Vieira has been excluded from the Paris Olympics. his own committee after leaving the Olympic Village without permission to visit the Eiffel Tower in the French capital.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) said Ana Vieira left the villa without permission along with her teammate Gabriel Santos on Friday. Apparently, the managers understood everything, as both athletes posted photos on social media.

In this sense, Santos received a warning and Vieira was excluded from the team for her reaction “disrespectful and aggressive” when she was told about the rule violation

“We are not here to have fun or relax. We are here to work for Brazil, for the benefit of the more than 200 million taxpayers who work for us,” said Gustavo Otsuka, head of the Brazilian national team.

Ana Carolina Vieira is a 22-year-old Brazilian swimmer who is a standout. Before his recent exclusion from the 2024 Paris Olympics, he competed in the 4x100m freestyle relay, finishing 12th in the event.

Another doping suspension

For her part, Nigerian boxer Temitayo Ogunsemilore has already been ruled out after testing positive for a banned substance on Sunday, a “clear violation” of anti-doping rules for which she was suspended from competition, according to a report The International Anti-Doping Agency (ITA), which is responsible for Olympic anti-doping control.

Temitayo Ogunsemilore returned a negative sample for furosemide, classified as a prohibited diuretic or masking agent by the World Anti-Doping Agency, in a sample collected during an out-of-competition doping test on July 25 in Paris, France.

The boxer was informed of the incident and provisionally suspended. Ogunsemilore had to fight for the first time this Monday in the women’s 60kg weight category. You now have the right to challenge the provisional suspension at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and request an analysis of the B sample.