instruct dives into pool to rescue American swimmer Anita Alvarez at World Championships - CNN

train Andrea Fuentes jumped into the pool after she noticed the 25-yr-historic creative swimmer sink to the bottom at the end of her hobbies within the ladies's solo free event on Wednesday.

Fuentes, a four-time Olympic medalist in synchronized swimming, lifted Alvarez to the floor earlier than assisting deliver her to the edge of the pool.

Alvarez got medical consideration beside the pool, Reuters said, and become due to this fact carried off in a stretcher.

It was the 2nd time Fuentes has had to rescue Alvarez, in response to Reuters, after she leapt into the pool throughout an Olympic qualification event final 12 months and pulled her to safeguard, together with the American's swim accomplice Lindi Schroeder.

chatting with Spanish broadcaster Cadena COPE in a radio interview, Fuentes said the lifeguards didn't react quickly ample on Wednesday, which is why she jumped in.

She observed: "When a swimmer finishes their routine, the primary aspect they wish to do is breathe and so I noticed that in its place of going up, she become going down and that i instructed myself, 'some thing is happening,' and that i known as for the lifeguards, like, 'Go into the pool, can not you see she's going down within the water?'

"and they weren't reacting, so after a few seconds, I went in as quick as I may.

"I do not believe I've swum as fast ever earlier than, even after I got Olympic medals and neatly, in the end, i was capable of get her up and she or he wasn't respiratory ... within the end, every little thing came out ok."

The international Swimming Federation (FINA) -- the recreation's governing physique -- did not immediately reply to CNN's request for a comment on the pace of the rescue.

however in an announcement to CNN on Thursday, FINA referred to it had been in contact with Alvarez, her crew and clinical body of workers following what it described as a "scientific emergency."

"Ms. Alvarez became automatically treated with the aid of a medical crew within the venue and is in good fitness," the remark examine.

Alvarez pictured competing right through the solo free ultimate adventure.

In an announcement on the us creative Swimming Instagram web page, Fuentes talked about Alvarez would leisure on Thursday and check with her medical professional to see if she would be fit to compete within the swim free team finals, that are scheduled to take location Friday, in line with FINA.

"Anita is okay -- the docs checked all vitals and everything is normal: heart rate, oxygen, sugar tiers, blood pressure, and many others ... all is k," Fuentes observed in the observation.

"We from time to time overlook that this happens in different high-persistence activities. Marathon, biking, move nation ... we all have seen pictures the place some athletes don't make it to the conclude line and others assist them to get there," Fuentes added.

"Our game is not any diverse than others, simply in a pool, we push through limits and infrequently we discover them. Anita feels decent now and the medical doctors also say she is k."

Alvarez finished in seventh location in the back of Japan's Yukiko Inui, who claimed gold, whereas Ukrainian Marta Fiedina and Evangelia Platanioti of Greece got here in second and third respectively, according to the FINA's website.