Coach Saves Athlete's Life

    USA Swim Coach, Adrea Fuentez was thankfully paying close attention as artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez, just 25 years of age, suddenly began sinking just after completing her performance at the World Aquatics Championships. Upon witnessing this strange behavior and no life guard reaction, coach Fuentez dove headfirst, fully clothed into the water to retrieve and ultimately save the swimmers life. Upon surfacing the athlete was not breathing so the coach began massaging Alvarez's jaw to make her dispense the water in her mouth. Thankfully this technique worked and the swimmer regained her composure. 

    Experts agree that the athlete most likely suffered from a shallow water blackout which can be triggered by hyperventilation. Professor Mike Tipton from the University of Portsmouth states, "it only takes a very small volume of water (one or two breaths) to cross the lethal does for drowning so the action of the coach was life-saving!"

    Though shaken up Anita has already communicated that she is fine and would like to resume the competition tomorrow. We here at UpLift Media are very grateful that this athlete survived this scary incident, has a coach that did not hesitate to come to her rescue, and that she is healthy enough to even make such a declaration not to mention follow up on it.

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