Team USA swimmer Anita Alvarez and coach Andrea Fuentes opened up about what happened during the world aquatics championships.
The stunning rescue was captured in dramatic underwater photos.“I know Anita very well and … I was a swimmer myself,” Fuentes, a former Olympian, told TODAY's Miguel Almaguer.
“So I know that when you finish, you really want to breathe, so as soon as she was going down immediately I that something was wrong.”Oli Scarff / AFP via Getty Images Alvarez, 25, who competed in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, also shared what she remembers of the incident."I remember going down and just being like, kind of like, 'Uh oh, I don’t feel too great,'" she added."That’s literally the last thing I remember, actually."The frightening episode played out Wednesday during the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, when Alvarez was in the middle of her solo free final routine.
She likely fainted due to exhaustion, which can happen in a high-endurance sport like artistic swimming, Fuentes noted onAlvarez was underwater for nearly two minutes before being lifted to the surface by Fuentes and lifted onto a stretcher.Dean Mouhtaropoulos / Getty ImagesMedical examiners
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