<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1655992354125,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000181-1f6f-d297-a5e3-1fef6dc50000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1655992354125,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000181-1f6f-d297-a5e3-1fef6dc50000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_55919773", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1038247"} }); rn","_id":"00000181-90d4-ddcb-a3e1-ddd6ec2f0000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedIn Budapest, Hungary, swim coach Andrea Fuentes rescued U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez from drowning.
During a solo free routine on Wednesday, Alvarez stopped moving and started to sink to the pool floor. Fuentes, watching from the pool deck, reacted quickly, diving into the pool fully clothed and pulling the unconscious Alvarez to the surface before another person helped her get Alvarez out of the pool.
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“Anita has been evaluated by medical staff and will continue to be monitored. She is feeling much better and using today to rest,” USA Artistic Swimming said in a statement to the Associated Press.
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“Watching yesterday’s medical emergency of 2x Olympian Anita Alvarez and subsequent rescue by coach Andrea Fuentes was heartbreaking for our community. She gave an exceptional solo performance and competed brilliantly in four preliminary and three final competitions across six days,” the statement continued.
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Alvarez continues to recover as medical staff monitor her health, checking her heart rate, oxygen levels, and blood pressure. USA Artistic Swimming said that Alvarez’s eligibility to swim in the free team final on Friday will be determined by the medical staff’s report.
