A frightening scene unfolded at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Budapest, Hungary when Anita Alvarez, a swimmer from the U.S., passed out in the middle of a swim routine and was rescued by her coach, Andrea Fuentes. Fuentes has rescued Alvarez once in the past when she fainted last year during an Olympic qualifying event. Alvarez was competing in the women’s solo free event in artistic swimming when she suddenly sank to the bottom of the pool towards the end of her routine. Fuentes said in a radio interview she jumped in because the lifeguards weren’t responding fast enough. “When a sw…
