Anita Alvarez

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 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.

"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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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.

The 25-year-old dual-Olympian has thanked her supporters after a medical emergency in the pool at the FINA World Championships.

"You see this happening in our sport, and for free divers also. There's no option that you're going to go down to relax." "I'm used to seeing them every day. Fuentes says there were lifeguards on patrol at the event, but told MARCA that "I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren’t doing it". I see them more than my kids. The USA artistic swimming team said in a statement that watching the incident was "heartbreaking for our community", but that Alvarez was "already feeling much better".

The 25-year-old two-time Olympian spoke out on Instagram following the frightening ordeal, saying she's "okay and healthy."

“Anita has been evaluated by medical staff and will continue to be monitored. “As soon as I looked back down at the robotic camera I had this kind of clear view of the scene while everyone in the arena was watching it through the surface of the water,” he told CNN. “What a day!!!

Anita Alvarez, a Team USA Artistic swimmer who was dramatically rescued by her coach after fainting during the world aquatics championships in Budapest on ...

"Like, my best one by far and not only just how I performed, but just that I was actually enjoying it and really living in the moment, too," he said. "It all happened really fast." "Just so grateful to have her as a coach."

US artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez fainted during her individual routine in Budapest on Wednesday afternoon and she was dramatically rescued by her coach, ...

'Going in the second swim that evening was extra nerve-wracking for me,' she said. The coach said she motioned to lifeguards for help but they did not see her, 'so I jumped in myself. 'The artistic swimming family is such a tight-knit community across the world, and it was upsetting to see an athlete in that situation. In any case in the team events Anita does a lot of pirouettes and very few apneas so she will almost certainly compete.' I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren't doing it,' Fuentes said afterwards. She's said she wants to swim in the final.' 'Nice to see Alvarez smiling with her team around,' the coach wrote. A lifeguard dived in to assist, but the coach has since criticised the response of staff at the venue and the sport's governing body, FINA, has reportedly launched an investigation. Alvarez regained consciousness after being recovered from the water, received immediate first aid and was reportedly recovering well. Of the incident, she added: 'I remember feeling like it was a really great performance. When I found out she was coming to be our coach, it was like, I didn't believe it.' She (Anita Alvarez) is one of them.

US artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez, who was dramatically rescued from the bottom of the pool after fainting in her solo routine, was omitted from a revised ...

A FINA official said the swimming organisation had asked Alvarez to undergo a full medical examination Friday morning but said he did not know the result. The USA artistic team released a statement from Fuentes on Thursday saying Alvarez had fainted due to the effort expended during the routine. AFP's underwater robot camera captured astonishing images as the drama unfolded."

Anita Alvarez, a USA artistic swimmer, is says she is "okay and health" after she fainted while competing at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Tomorrow she will rest all day and will decide with the doctor if she can swim free team finals or not. Anita feels good now and the doctors also say she is okay. "But in the meantime know that I am okay and healthy! And then, I remember going down and just being … kinda like, ‘Uh oh.’ Like, "I don't feel too great.' And, that's the last thing I remember, actually," she said. We all have seen images where some athletes don’t make it to the finish line and others help them to get there. Our sport is no different than others, just in a pool, we push through limits and sometimes we find them.

Team USA artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was back poolside with her teammates Friday, after fainting in the water and sinking toward the bottom.

In a statement, Fuentes said that Alvarez is “okay,” that doctors have “checked all vitals” and that “everything is normal.” She added that she has “a job to finish,” whether that’s on the sidelines or in the water. “I appreciate all of the messages of support and hope everyone can respect that my team and I still have two more days of competition to be focused on here in Budapest.”

An unconscious woman is pulled from a swimming pool by three people and lifted onto a. Anita Alvarez was lifted out of the water and received medical attention ...

Earlier this week, the Team USA swimmer was saved from the water by her coach after she fainted and sank to the bottom in the artistic swimming solo free final. - Alvarez said she was healthy and hopeful of competing in the women's team free final FINA has banned artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez from further participation in the 2022 World Aquatics Championships after she fainted in the pool in Budapest during her routine.

"Anita's solo was so good, it was her best performance ever, she just pushed through her limits and she found them," said her coach Andrea Fuentes.

📣 The above article is for information purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice. In one research study of 7,568 athletes undergoing pre-participation physical examination, 6.2 per cent reported a syncopal spell in the last 5 years. We all know it happens in other sports: cycling, marathon, track and field… But [she] is okay and the doctors also said she is fine. The swimmer was then put on a stretcher and taken to the pool’s medical centre. View this post on Instagram