Anita Alvarez

Andrea Fuentes leapt in to rescue Team USA's Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of the pool and was not breathing after completing her routine during ...

Andrea Fuentes leapt in to rescue Team USA's Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of the pool and was not breathing after completing her routine during Wednesday night's solo free final. Fuentes, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, dived to the bottom of the pool and dragged Alvarez to the surface before being assisted to get the stricken swimmer to the edge of the pool. Andrea Fuentes leapt in to rescue Team USA's Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of the pool and was not breathing after completing her routine during Wednesday night's solo free final

Coach Andrea Fuentes jumped in to rescue the 25-year old, who had sunk at the bottom of the pool after finishing her routine on Wednesday night at the solo ...

The swimmer was then helped on a stretcher to the pool’s medical centre, with teammates and fans in shock poolside. “Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay. Fuentes dragged an unconscious Alvarez back to the surface before getting help to bring her out of the pool.

Team USA swimmer Alvarez fainted under the water at the end of her routine in the solo free final in the 2022 FINA World Championships, but recovered.

According to Fuentes, Alvarez plans to rest all day Thursday, before competing on Friday in the team free event. The four-time Olympic medallist, who has been coach of the US Artistic Swimming team (the sport formerly known as Synchronised Swimming) since 2018, said Alvarez had fainted due to the effort she had put in. Having completed her routine, Alvarez lost consciousness and sank to the bottom of the pool.

Anita Alvarez finished her routine in the artistic solo free final in Budapest when she lost consciousness and began sinking. The 25-year-old's coach, the four- ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Anita is OK,” Fuentes said. Anita Alvarez finished her routine in the artistic solo free final in Budapest when she lost consciousness and began sinking.

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest before being ...

"I jumped into the water again because I saw that no one, no lifeguard, was jumping in. She has to rest." It was a good scare, to be honest," Fuentes told Spanish newspaper Marca.

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday ...

She has to rest." "I jumped into the water again because I saw that no one, no lifeguard, was jumping in. It was a good scare, to be honest," Fuentes told Spanish newspaper Marca on Wednesday.

"I went as quickly as I could as if it were an Olympic final," said Andrea Fuentes, describing how she rescued a swimmer that had fainted underwater.

"She wasn't breathing. And speaking to Spanish radio, she said: "It felt like a whole hour. all is OK. "Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is OK. "I was scared because I saw she was not breathing, but now she is doing very well. American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was "not breathing" when she was rescued from the bottom of the pool after fainting at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez is OK after fainting at the end of her free solo final routine at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday.

Solo artistic swimming is not on the Olympic program. “It was a good scare, I had to dive because the lifeguards didn’t do it,” Fuentes said, according to the newspaper. Spanish newspaper Marca reported that Fuentes, a retired Spanish Olympic artistic swimmer, was one of the people who dove in.

Team USA Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued by her coach after she appeared to faint in the water during the world championships in Budapest on ...

"Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay." "We all have seen images where some athletes don’t make it to the finish line and others help them to get there." Marathon, cycling, cross country," she continued.

Anita Alvarez, an American artistic swimmer, lost consciousness while performing her solo routine in Budapest. She was “fine” afterward, her coach said.

Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them.” Fuentes was hailed for her quick thinking, but she knew what to do because she had done it before. On Wednesday, Fuentes, dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, saved Alvarez again. Alvarez is a two-time Olympian. She finished ninth in the duet event at the 2016 Rio Games and placed 13th in the competition at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games last summer in Japan. She is competing in the world championships for the fourth time. She did not rule out having her returning for the team event later this week. Fuentes said Alvarez, who was treated by medical staff, had gone about two minutes without breathing as water filled her lungs.

American swimmer Anita Alvarez was rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, ...

Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay." "We sometimes forget that this happens in other high-endurance sports. Later, came the lifeguard."

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was “not breathing” when she was rescued from the bottom of the pool after fainting at the World Aquatics ...

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BUDAPEST, Hungary - Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach knew something ...

Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them." "Watching yesterday’s medical emergency of 2x Olympian Anita Alvarez and subsequent rescue by coach Andrea Fuentes was heartbreaking for our community. (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images) all is okay," Fuentes wrote. "The doctors checked all vitals and everything is normal: heart rate, oxygen, sugar levels, blood pressure, etc… The fully clothed Fuentes dived in.

According to Reuters, it marked the second time Fuentes had saved Alvarez from the pool after fainting, as it previously occurred last year during Olympic ...

She has to rest." It was a good scare, to be honest. Team USA artistic swimming coach Andrea Fuentes saved American swimmer Anita Alvarez from drowning Wednesday at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after Alvarez fainted in the pool at the conclusion of her solo free final routine.

American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest before being ...

"I jumped into the water again because I saw that no one, no lifeguard, was jumping in. She has to rest." It was a good scare, to be honest," Fuentes told Spanish newspaper Marca.

Two-time Olympics swimmer Anita Alvarez fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool during Wednesday's World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

It remains unclear what caused Alvarez to collapse but the sport often requires swimmers to hold their breath. Alvarez, she said, taught the group a TikTok dance. “We have all seen images where some athletes do not make it to the finish line and others help them get there. Alvarez, from Tonawanda, N.Y., began artistic swimming, more broadly known as synchronized swimming until 2017, at the age of 5. Following the incident. Two-time Olympics swimmer Anita Alvarez fainted and sank to the bottom of the pool during Wednesday’s World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. Her coach on Team USA, Andrea Fuentes, dived in to save her, scooping her limp body up and rushing her back to the water’s surface.

"I saw that the lifeguards were not jumping into the water because they were paralyzed," Team USA coach Andrea Fuentes said. Luckily for athlete Anita ...

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