Scare at the World Swimming Championships: a synchronized swimmer is rescued after fainting in the water

• Album The great scare of Anita Álvarez in the Budapest swimming pool

When the music stopped in the Budapest pool, the body of the American

vanished.

She just completed her exercise in the individual free routine final and passed out, sinking underwater.

Her trainer, the Spanish

, reacted almost immediately and, dressed in street clothes, launched herself at her, and, with the help of a competition assistant, they managed to quickly get her out of it.

A tremendous scare that left the public with a heavy heart.

The American was treated by medical services and, minutes later, the American swim team reported that the swimmer is out of danger.

Álvarez competed in the final where the gold went to the Japanese

and the Spanish

was sixth.

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