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Swimmer Anita Álvarez begins her exercise during a test at the World Swimming Championships.
Anita Alvarez
2.7
meters
two
At the end, he loses consciousness and sinks to the bottom of the 2.7-meter-deep Olympic pool.
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Swimmer Anita Álvarez begins her exercise during a test at the World Swimming Championships.
Anita Alvarez
2.7
meters
two
At the end, he loses consciousness and sinks to the bottom of the 2.7-meter-deep Olympic pool.
1
Swimmer Anita Álvarez begins her exercise during a test at the World Swimming Championships.
Anita Alvarez
2.7 meters
two
At the end, he loses consciousness and sinks to the bottom of the 2.7-meter-deep Olympic pool.
The drama flew over for a moment the World Swimming Championships that are being held these days in Budapest.
But the tragedy was prevented thanks to the intervention of an unexpected heroine.
Former Spanish swimmer Andrea Fuentes rescued her pupil Anita Álvarez, who fainted at the end of her exercise during the final of the artistic swimming free solo and went to the bottom of the pool unconscious.
A maneuver that, according to the trainer, lasted about a minute during which she encountered various difficulties.
trainer
Andrea Fuentes
25 meters
50 meters
Anita Alvarez
technicians
judges
approximate location
of the lifeguards
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Andrea Fuentes has a quick reaction when seeing that the lifeguards did not jump into the water and jumps into the pool dressed as a street.
12.5 meters
Anita
Alvarez
Andrea
Sources
two
The former Olympic swimmer strokes at full speed 2.7 meters deep and reaches Anita in just a few seconds.
25 meters
trainer
Andrea Fuentes
50 meters
Anita Alvarez
technicians
judges
approximate location
of the lifeguards
1
Andrea Fuentes has a quick reaction when seeing that the lifeguards did not jump into the water and jumps into the pool dressed as a street.
12.5 meters
Anita
Alvarez
Andrea
Sources
two
The former Olympic swimmer strokes at full speed 2.7 meters deep and reaches Anita in just a few seconds.
25 meters
trainer
Andrea Fuentes
50 meters
Anita Alvarez
technicians
judges
approximate location
of the lifeguards
1
Andrea Fuentes has a quick reaction when seeing that the lifeguards did not jump into the water and jumps into the pool dressed as a street
Andrea
Sources
12.5 meters
two
The former Olympic swimmer strokes at full speed 2.7 meters deep and reaches Anita in just a few seconds.
Andrea Fuentes
Anita Alvarez
The lifeguard has to launch from the other side of the pool since the sides of the enclosure are occupied by the television cameras and all their material.
When he arrives, Fuentes has already taken the swimmer outside.
Finally, one of the lifeguards reaches the swimmers and in 25 seconds they manage to take Anita Álvarez to the curb and get her out of the water.
Life guard
Finally, one of the lifeguards reaches the swimmers and in 25 seconds they manage to take Anita Álvarez to the curb and get her out of the water.
12.5 meters
Life guard
Finally, one of the lifeguards reaches the swimmers and in 25 seconds they manage to take Anita Álvarez to the curb and get her out of the water.
12.5 meters
Life guard
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Andrea Fuentes to Anita Álvarez, the swimmer who fainted in the water: "You have to give everything, but not your life!"
Álvarez still wasn't breathing and his trainer struggles to open his jaw and keep his head on one side, while the lifeguard turns it on his back.
Fuentes acknowledges that the lifeguard arrives to weigh down the maneuver and that, upon arriving with the toilets who were waiting at the edge of the pool, they turn his head upside down again.
After two minutes, as the trainer relates, Álvarez expels the water and breathes again.
His life had been saved.
When he suffered such a stressful situation, Álvarez's jaw muscles tensed and that is why it was so difficult to open his mouth so that he expelled the water and breathed.AP
Video: eurovisionsports
He collaborated in the elaboration of this piece.
Diego Torres
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