well you're staying in the Olympic Village and you're not allowed to leave most of the time you're not allowed to leave the Village um whatsoever Ryan locky along with his wife Kayla locky are sharing insight into some of the strict rules at the Olympic Village where athletes are housed during the 2024 Paris Olympics Kayla hops on her Tik Tok account for a quick Q&A session and tries to answer fan questions as best as she can one topic she tries to tackle is Why Us swimmers can't leave the Olympic Village in a follow-up Tik Tok Kayla enlists the help of her Olympic swimmer hubby Ryan to clarify the reasons why it's not allowed who's heard off camera explaining the strict rules okay what do you mean you are not allowed to leave the Olympic Village I see all kinds of Olympic athletes leaving the village not USA swimmers why because that's the rule for USA swimming the 12-time Olympic medalist said that there are certain special occasions where swimmers can leave but it's on a case-by casee basis they have stricter rules in other countries right yes but you can leave for certain things like no no I mean you have to get uh okay by the you can break this it has to be like approved or something you have to get okay by so if you want to go like eat lunch at like somewhere else with your family and you have no days off if you have days off swimming yeah you have to get an okay through the head coat Ryan who's the second most decorated American swimmer after Michael Phelps is no stranger to Olympics controversy during the Rio Olympics in 2016 Ryan claimed he and three other American swimmers Gunner B Jimmy Fegan and Jack Conger were robbed at gunpoint at a gas station dubbed as locky gate Ryan later admitted that he exaggerated the incident leading to charges of falsely reporting a crime which were later dismissed and a 10-month suspension by us swimming the rules surrounding the Olympic Village are being widely discussed after Brazilian swim lmer Anna Carolina Vieira was dismissed from this year's games for leaving the grounds with her teammate Gabriel Santos following the opening ceremony July 26 paraguayan Olympic swimmer Lana Alonso was sent home from the 2024 Paris Olympics for allegedly quote creating an inappropriate atmosphere within her country's delegation that's according to a statement made by Paraguay's Olympic committee chair Lissa Sherer and given to the US Sun reports claim that the swimmer spent the night out in Paris and went to Disneyland rather than stay in the Olympic Village with her teammates after she didn't progress to the semi-final heats the 20-year-old denies the accusations in an Instagram stories post August 5th writing quote I just wanted to clarify that I was never removed or expelled from anywhere stop spreading false information [Music]