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What were the lifeguards doing?

Artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez was dramatically rescued from the bottom of the pool by Team USA’s head coach after fainting in a distressing scene at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest.

 

Andrea Fuentes leaped in to rescue Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of the pool and was not breathing after passing out at the conclusion of her routine during Wednesday night’s solo free final.

 

“It was a big scare. I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren’t doing it,” Fuentes was reported as saying by Spanish newspaper Marca.

 

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Re: What were the lifeguards doing?

@BoopOMatic   It had never occurred to me that lifeguards are present at Olympic-level swimming events.  You learn something new everyday.  Apparently they were befuddled and confused, perhaps thinking that was part of the routine.

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