Anita Alvarez

Team USA synchronised swimmer Anita Alvarez was saved from drowning for the second time after the gallant actions of her coach Andrea Fuentes at the 2022 ...

I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren’t doing it. With the distressing occurrence initially evading the attention of those in attendance, Fuentes dived in and succeeded in propelling herself off the foot of the pool with Alvarez in tow, receiving the aid of an unnamed male swimmer in dragging her out of the water to receive swift medical attention. The four-time Olympic medallist was competing in the final of the woman’s solo free event when she startingly blacked out and plummeted to the depths of the sizeable competition pool near the end of her swim.

Anita Alvarez lost consciousness immediately after her artistic routine in the solo free final and sank to the bottom of the pool.

Alvarez's routine was "her best performance ever," Fuentes added. This isn't the first time Fuentes has come to her charge's rescue following a similar incident. Fuentes' first priority was to get Alvarez's face above the surface before moving her out of the water, and the stricken swimmer soon regained consciousness.

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

"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. "She only had water in her lungs, once she started breathing again everything was OK." "I was scared because I saw she was not breathing, but now she is doing very well.

A professional US synchronised swimmer fainted mid-routine at the World Championships and had to be rescued by her coach after sinking to the bottom of the ...

"She wasn't breathing. "We all know it happens in other sports: cycling, marathon, track and field… Ms Fuentes said she is "ok and the doctors also said she is fine" in a statement on Instagram.

Alvarez was pulled to safety by her coach after she lost consciousness in the pool after her routine on Wednesday.

And speaking to Spanish radio, she said: "It felt like a whole hour. "She wasn't breathing. some don’t make it to the final line and some even finish crawling or passing out.

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.

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 in danger of drowning after losing consciousness in the pool at the world championships in Budapest yesterday ...

"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. "She only had water in her lungs, once she started breathing again everything was OK." "I was scared because I saw she was not breathing, but now she is doing very well.

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

"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. "She only had water in her lungs, once she started breathing again everything was OK." "I was scared because I saw she was not breathing, but now she is doing very well.

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.

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 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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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.

As U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez performed at the world championships, her coach noticed something was wrong: Alvarez was at the bottom of the pool.

“Whether that’s in the water for me or on the sidelines will be determined by myself and expert medical staff,” Alvarez wrote. “I appreciate all of the messages of support and hope everyone can respect that my team and I still have 2 more days of competition to be focused on here in Budapest.” “Anita has been evaluated by medical staff and will continue to be monitored” USA Artistic Swimming said in a statement posted Thursday to

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. Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay.” And that’s literally the last thing I remember, actually.” Two people dove in to help get her out of the pool, including U.S. head coach Andrea Fuentes, a retired Spanish Olympic artistic swimmer. Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them. It’s such a simple, small arm, but I was giving everything until the very end, and I did that, and then I remember going down and just being kind of like, uh-oh, I don’t feel too great.