US swimmer Anita Alvarez seen 48 hours after fainting incident
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Date: 2022-06-27

US swimmer Anita Alvarez seen 48 hours after fainting incident
There are few ways that you can trump being the most decorated Spanish female Olympian of all time - but Andrea Fuentes did just that after saving Anita Alvarez at the World Championships on Wednesday.
Alvarez fainted in the pool whilst competing in the final of the women's solo free event in Budapest, before being saved by coach Fuentes who dragged her to safety.
The 39-year-old, who retired from competing in 2013, has received much deserved plaudits after her bravery and determination this week - which was emblematic of her successful career in the pool. Fuentes joined the Spanish national synchronised swimming team in 1999 before going on to compete at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
The 39-year-old won four Olympic medals in total, claiming three silvers and one bronze - leaving her tied with Mireia Belmonte and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario as the most successful female Spanish Olympian in history.
She boasts the title as Spain's most decorated swimmer in history, with an impressive 16 World Championship and 11 European Championship medals to her name.
Fuentes decided to retire from competing in 2013 as a result of a conflict between herself and the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation and has been coaching ever since.
After the incident in Budapest, Fuentes claimed that she had to intervene because 'the lifeguards weren't doing it'. 
The four-time Olympic champion explained: 'It was a big scare. I had to jump in because the lifeguards weren't doing it.
'I was scared because I saw she wasn't breathing, but now she is doing very well. Anita is doing much better.'
She added: 'In our sport it happens sometimes, when we go without breathing for a long time, with very high pulses and sometimes the oxygen not getting where it has to get, we faint. 
The USA team finished an inspiring ninth in the artistic swimming women's team free final this afternoon after Alvarez was banned from competing fewer than two hours before the event began.
Yujin Chang, who was struggling with injury last week, was drafted in on short notice to compete in the final and make her world championships debut.
Team USA scored 87.4667 in the final, with China (96.7000), Ukraine (95.0000), and Japan (93.1333) taking first, second, and third respectively.