American synchronized swimmer Anita Alvarez nearly drowned after fainting in the individual freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.
At dawn on June 23, Anita Alvarez was playing in her final, but then she sank into the pool without reaction.
The coach, the Spanish female athlete Andrea Fuentes, feeling precarious, jumped into the pool and quickly pulled her athlete out of the water to meet lifeguards and real medical staff to take urgent measures to help her regain consciousness.
In response to the media, the coach said the reason may be that the female athlete was overworked during the performance: "Her lungs were in the water, and when Alvarez was able to breathe again, everything was fine." She said she wanted to play in the back games. In the end, the coach felt something was wrong and shouted for help from the lifeguard, but they didn't understand the coach's words and didn't understand the situation. ”
Notably, the American athlete has fainted several times before, one of which was during last year's Olympic qualifiers in Barcelona. Alvarez's mother once witnessed her child faint outside the game.
Anita Alvarez was taken to the emergency room shortly after, the 25-year-old's third appearance at the World Championships, where she finished seventh in yesterday's individual final due to a failure to complete the move.
