The American artistic swimmer had to be rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after losing consciousness in the water
Anita Alvarez of Team USA is pulled up from the bottom of the pool by her coach Andrea Fuentes during the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.Anita Alvarez of Team USA is pulled up from the bottom of the pool by her coach Andrea Fuentes during the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez pulled out unconscious by coachLast modified on Thu 23 Jun 2022 08.
American Alvarez had completed her solo free final at the World Aquatics Championships when she fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool. Andrea Fuentes, her coach, quickly realised something was amiss and dived in fully clothed to pull Alvarez up to the surface. “It was a big scare,” Fuentes was reported as saying by Spanish newspaper Marca. “I was scared because I saw she wasn’t breathing, but now she is doing very well.”
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