Anita Alvarez Barred from world championships after fainting in swimming pool

The swimmer who suddenly passed out in the water has been disqualified from today’s competition in Budapest.

Following her dramatic pool rescue on Wednesday, American synchronised swimmer Anita Alvarez, 25, hoped to compete in the team finals.

Anita’s courageous Spanish coach, who prevented her from drowning, assured the public on Thursday that she would keep on representing her nation after the exams.

She should not compete, though, according to the International Swimming Federation.

After Anita passed out in the water during a solo performance, Andrea Fuentes was seen diving into the pool to get her out as the lifeguards looked on.

She declared: “She doesn’t want to go out with the picture of her lying in the water, unconscious.

Anita performs several pirouettes and very few apneas during team competitions, thus she will almost surely participate.

According to reports from Spain on Friday, FINA officials informed the American synchronised swimming team Anita that they could no longer compete at the World Championships.

The choice was made a short time before the team competition this afternoon.

The swimmer and her coach, a mother of one who won four Olympic medals and 16 medals at world championships, have not yet issued an official statement.

It’s estimated that Anita was unable to breathe for at least two minutes.

Before the FINA ban judgement, Bela Merkely, the head of the Hungarian medical service, reportedly informed local media: “There are different types of athletes. Some people can handle changes in the levels of carbon dioxide and oxygen well.

But some people are more delicate. She counts among them. She probably isn’t cut out for this sport.

In Budapest, Anita was expected to make a spectacular comeback to the pool, according to her coach.

The American synchronised swimming team cheered and smiled as a doctor delivered the findings of testing on Anita in a video that Fuentes put on Instagram.

“Team doctor explaining the findings of testing of @anitaalvarez,” she posted next to the video.

There was little doubt that the test results were positive given the round of applause that followed the medic’s statement to the team.

Alvarez broke her overnight quiet in a conversation with NBC Nightly News to applaud Andrea’s deeds.

I mean, I tell her and other people this all the time, but I’m just so happy to have her as a coach.

I couldn’t believe it when I learned that she would be joining us as our coach.

She continued, “I remember thinking it was really a wonderful performance.

“Like, my best one by far, and not only because of how I performed, but also because I was truly having fun and fully present.

“So, as a result, I feel incredibly delighted and proud. Finally, I do recall that I gave the very last arm I did, which was a little, straightforward arm.

I remember walking down and just kind of being like, ‘uh-oh, I don’t feel too great,’ but I was also like, ‘Give everything till the very end,’ and I did that.

In fact, that is the last thing I can recall.