Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez is in the pool by the head coach of Team USA after fainting in the tragic scene of the FINA World Championships in Budapest. Dramatically rescued from the bottom.
Andrea Fuentes dives to rescue Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of her pool and wasn't breathing after fainting at the end of her routine at the Solo Free Final on Wednesday night. rice field.
"It was a great horror. I had to dive in because the lifeguard wasn't doing it," Fuentes was reported to have said by the Spanish newspaper Marca.
Fuentes, wearing shorts and a T-shirt instead of swimming equipment, jumped to the bottom of the pool, dragged Alvarez to the surface of the water, and then took the affected Americans to the edge of the pool. ..
"I was scared to see her not breathing, but she's very well now," said Fentes, four-time Olympic artistic swimming medalist.
Alvarez was taken on a stretcher to the pool's medical center, and her teammates and fans seemed shocked by the pool, weeping and comforting each other.
"It was very intense," Fentes said in the AS newspaper. Told to. "I think she hadn't breathed for at least two minutes because her lungs were full of water.
" But we could take her to a good place. She spit water, coughed, and it was, but it was a great horror. "
Lifeguard was" surprised "
Fentes was 10 days He was critical of the slow response of lifeguards at the World Swimming Championships, which ends Sunday after the competition.
"When I saw her sink, I saw her rescuer, but I saw them stunned. They didn't react," Fuentes said. Was reported to have said in the newspaper.
"I thought,'Dive in now. "Why don't you?" The reflexes started right away. I'm like that, I just can't stare.
"I didn't think too much about it, I jumped. This I think it was the crazy and fastest freediving of my career.
"I picked her up and lifted her up. Obviously she was heavy so it wasn't easy.
25-year-old Alvarez, who participated in her third world championship, previously died in competition. She responded similarly to last year's Olympic qualifying in Barcelona.
The US art team issued a statement from Fuentes on social media stating that Alvarez was fainted by her efforts spent during her routine.
"Anita is okay — the doctor checks all vitals and everything is normal, including heart rate, oxygen, sugar content, and blood pressure," Fentes said in her statement.
"I may forget that this happens in other high endurance sports. Marathon, cycling, cross-country ... we all have some athletes not reaching the finish line and others. I've seen images helping him get there, "she added.
"Our sport is no different from any other sport. In the pool, we push the limits and sometimes find the limits. Anita feels good now and the doctor is okay with her.
"Tomorrow she will take a break all day and decide with her doctor if she can swim in the free team finals. Good luck to Anita.
