US national underwaterxo walletdancers Losing consciousness during a match Fortunately, the coach saw it and jumped down to help pull it up from the bottom of the pool. The latest is out of danger.
An unexpected incident occurred in the final of the Underwater Dance competition. At the 2022 World Championships in Hungary, Anita Alvarez, a 25-year-old US national team player, accidentally sank to the bottom of a pool while competing.
Fortunately, her trainer, Andrea Fuentes, jumped into the pool and quickly pulled it up. and took Alvarez to be treated in a timely manner
Fuentes later revealed that At first she saw the abnormality and yelled at the lifeguards to come down and help. But the lifeguard couldn't hear or couldn't understand what she was saying. So he decided to jump into the pool by himself as quickly as possible. and when pulling up her athlete found that Alvarez was not breathing.
However, after receiving help from the medical team The US Swimming Team has announced the good news that Alvarez's condition is safe.
For Fuentes, 39, who saved the lives of the athletes this time. In the past, she was a Spanish underwater dancer who held 3 silver and 1 bronze medals at the Olympics. before becoming the head coach of the US underwater dance team
She added that Sometimes we forget that this can happen with other sports. That requires a lot of strength, such as a marathon, cycling, cross-country running. Many times we see images where some athletes are unable to reach the finish line by themselves. There must be other athletes to help you get there. The sport of underwater dancing is no different from the sport mentioned above. But it's a competition in the pool. We push beyond our limits and sometimes we encounter this kind of situation as well.
Alvarez previously suffered a blackout during last year's Olympic qualifiers in Barcelona. At that time, her coach, Fuentes, was also there to help.