“The lifeguards didn’t jump, so I jumped,” his rescuer later assured
Scare at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest. US team synchronized swimmer Anita Alvarez passed out and sank during pool practice. Her trainer, the Spanish Andrea Fuentes, did not hesitate and jumped into the water to save her.
“It was a good substitute. I had to throw myself because the lifeguards didn’t do it,” said the coach. Fuentes dove into the pool in pants and a T-shirt, dove to the bottom and dragged Alvarez to the surface before getting help to pull her out of the water. “I was afraid because I saw that he was not breathing, but he is already very good, at the top,” he said.
The American swimmer, under the terror of the companions and the public, was transferred on a stretcher to the medical center in the pool.
The U.S. swim team later said in a statement that the swimmer was doing well. Fuentes explained to Spanish radio stations that his student passed out from the effort he showed during his routine.
“I think she was breathless for at least two minutes because her lungs were full of water, but we managed to get her to a good place. She vomited the water, coughed and that’s it,” he told Rac1.
Source: La Verdad
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