American swimmer Anita Álvarez starred in the big scare of the day at the World Cups in Budapest after collapsing while exercising in the synchronized artistic swimming free only final.
A mishap that stayed only in his fright thanks to the quick intervention of her coach, the Spanish Andrea Fuenteswho did not hesitate to jump into the pool to rescue his pupil.
After leaving the pool on a stretcher, the swimmer recovered and is out of danger, although as reported by the American team, she will undergo various tests in the coming days to reveal the causes of the fainting.
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“On another occasion I also had to help her, but it was not so serious. Today she has been two minutes without breathing,” said Fuentes. “When a swimmer finishes, the first thing she does is breathe, she sank and no one reacted, so I jumped in,” she explained.
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The American swimmer began to faint in the water and Fuentes had to launch herself out of the pool, helped by a championship assistant. “The doctors insist that everything is fine (…) Athletes put the body to the limit, it has discovered today where its limit is,” she commented.
“I don’t believe it. It was tremendous, Anita wasn’t breathing. I tried to wake her up by slapping her and opening her jaw,” said Andrea Fuentes. The North American finished the test in seventh position with a score of 87.6333, just behind the Spanish Iris Tió, who finished sixth.