Natalie Coughlin has been eliminated from Dancing With the Stars.

The 2008 Olympic star who won over the hearts and minds of Americans with her swimming and gold medal winning – was eliminated from the popular reality show about dancing.

The swimmer and her professional partner, Alec Mazo, were eliminated Tuesday from ABC’s popular dancing competition. The pair received a total score of 22 out of 30 from the show’s judges for their paso doble Monday. After viewer votes were combined with the judges’ scores, the 27-year-old Olympic gold medalist was eliminated from the show.

“I guess I didn’t show it, how much I loved it,” said Coughlin, “but I really did, and I’m sorry.”