The 25-year-old dual-Olympian has thanked her supporters after a medical emergency in the pool at the FINA World Championships.
An artistic swimmer who fainted and sank to the bottom of a competition pool during the FINA World Championships says she's "feeling much better".'s coach diving into the pool fully clothed to rescue her have been shared around the world.
The USA artistic swimming team said in a statement that watching the incident was "heartbreaking for our community", but that Alvarez was "already feeling much better".The 25-year-old two-time Olympian shared on Instagram that she would provide a further update soon, and thanked supporters for their messages."Hope everyone can respect that my team and I still have two more days of competition to be focused on here in Budapest.
The women's team free final, which Alvarez could compete in if she's cleared to do so, is scheduled forThe coach who rescued her, fellow Olympian, has shared pictures of Alvarez sitting around a dining table with her teammates, chatting and smiling.that she "saw it almost before it happened" after noticing that Alvarez's feet were going pale towards the end of her routine.. We train together eight hours a day, I know them very well," Fuentes says.
"As you could see, there's the moment where she finishes, instead of going up and staying, she went down. "I know this is not normal because in our sport, the first thing you do when you finish is breathe, no? There's no option that you're going to go down to relax."
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