Anita Alvarez does not want to leave Budapest with her photo of being unconscious at the bottom of the pool. Thus, she wants to achieve something greater so that people would remember her for that instead of the incident.
In a dramatic video, people saw Andrea Fuente jumping into the pool to save swimmer Anita Alvarez who fell unconscious after finishing her routine in World Championship.
She is doing better now and insisted that she appear in the finale, too, even though her coach said it is up to the medical team to recommend what she needs to do.
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Who Is Swimmer Anita Alvarez?
What Happened To Anita Alvarez In The Pool?
Who Is Swimmer Anita Alvarez?
Anita Alvarez is a Mexican American artistic synchronized swimmer who recently became headlines after a dramatic save in World Championship.
Alvarez competed in the women’s duet event at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Mariya Koroleva. In 2016 and 2019, she shared the title of USA Synchro Athlete of the Year with Mariya Koroleva.
She also competes for the USA National Synchronized Swimming Team. In addition, she took part in the 2014 Junior World Championships and the Kazan World Championships in 2015.
In Western New York, she had previously been an intramural swimming coach and traveled to Buffalo, New York, for the 2019 Junior Olympics with the Walnut Creek Aquanuts. She has earned a spot on the American team for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Additionally, in 2021, she received the USA Artistic Swimming Athlete of the Year award. She is currently 25 years old and started a professional synchronized swimming career after graduating high school in 2014. She went to Kenmore West Senior High School.
What Happened To Anita Alvarez In The Pool?
Anita Alvarez, a swimmer, fainted in the water yesterday as she finished her routine at the World Championship. She had to be pulled out of a pool in Budapest.
Thanks to coach Andrea Fuentes who was quick to jump into the water to save her from sinking, the athlete is now recovering wellLifeguards were inattentive as 25-year-old Alvarez sank to the bottom of the pool.
Many people praised the coach for her quick response, which saved a life. However, for the swimmer and the coach, it was not a new thing.
A similar incident happened with her last year as well. The swimmer fainted in the water during an Olympics qualifying event in Barcelona last year, and Fuentes was seen rushing in and bringing her to safety. And this is the second time she has saved her life.
The horrible occurrence clearly upset the American swim team, and they were afterward spotted comforting one another alongside the pool. The coach started to panic when the swimmer went down and did not respond.
Usually, the first that a swimmer would want to do after finishing their routine is to breathe. Thus, she saw that Alvarez was not breathing and jumped into the pool to save her as quickly as possible, as per Daily Mail.
After saving her, the coach had a brief interview where she shared that Alvarez was “not breathing” when Fuentes arrived, but she was later revived and examined for injury symptoms. She is currently doing much better and will be swimming in the finals.