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BBC News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Tomblin wins European gold in four-medal haul
Ranjuo Tomblin became men's solo technical champion as he won four medals and Great Britain secured six medals in total at the European Artistic Swimming Championships in won the men's solo free title at last year's competition - becoming the first British male to win a European artistic swimming title - Tomblin took gold in the solo technical with a score of 234.4225 gave the 19-year-old a 1.7966-point advantage over silver medallist Filippo Pelati, with bronze going to Spain's Dennis Gonzalez picked up bronze in this year's solo free event, and won a further two medals in the mixed part in their first championship together, Tomblin and Olympic silver medallist Izzy Thorpe won silver in the mixed duet technical also partnered with Holly Hughes to win bronze in the mixed duet free. Having previously been part of the multi-discipline European Aquatics Championships, the competition was a stand-alone event for the first time this year.
Fox News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
American Olympian Anita Alvarez recalls near-drowning incident
American Olympian Anita Alvarez needed to be rescued from the pool when she fainted and nearly drowned at the World Aquatics Championships in June 2022. The artistic swimmer eventually helped Team USA win a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Games, but it was the moment when her coach rushed into the pool to save her two years prior that stuck with the sports world for months before the Olympics began. She opened up about the incident in an interview with People magazine, which was published on Saturday. "I remember suddenly beginning to see light through my eyes, and thinking, 'Oh, I'm not breathing,' just as they were starting to put an oxygen mask on me,'" she said. Alvarez said the entire incident "blew up way more than" she would have thought. "But learning how those photos inspired people changed the way I looked at it," she said. Alvarez is now focused on her career outside the pool. She joined the U.S. Air Force and graduated from basic training in January. She is a member of the World Class Athletic Program, which helps military members continue their training while serving the country. She has since returned to the pool to gear up for the world championships later this year in Singapore with hopes of returning to Team USA for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Alvarez has three bronze and one silver medal in the world championships. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
The Sun
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Olympic star who nearly died after fainting to bottom of pool in terrifying scenes reveals new career with armed forces
AN OLYMPIC star who nearly died after fainting in a swimming pool has launched a new career with the armed forces. Anita Alvarez represented Team USA in artistic swimming at three Olympic Games. 8 8 8 She was part of the team that won silver at Paris 2024. However, Alvarez suffered a terrifying ordeal in 2022 when she passed out during her solo artistic routine at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest. The unconscious New York star sank to the bottom of the pool. Her coach Andrea Fuentes dived into the water to rescue Alvarez and pull her to the surface before being dragged out so she could receive emergency medical treatment. Alvaraz also had to be saved by Fuentes when she fainted a year earlier in Barcelona. Now the artistic swimmer revealed she has joined the Air Force. Following the Paris Games, Alvarez enrolled in basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland as a member of the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), which allows elite American athletes to continue their sport alongside their military schooling. She told People: "A lot of athletes struggle with the question of 'what's next?' when they think about the end of their career and try to figure out what they want to do in the real world. "Being able to wear two uniforms and get to prepare full time for the next Olympics while also representing the US Air Force just seemed like something I couldn't pass up. "I have aspirations to continue serving after. But right now the passion for my sport is still there. I'd do it forever if I could. Anita Alvarez' coach dives into pool to save her life after she fainted in water at World Championships "While I cherish my time as a professional athlete, it is also very exciting to have something to look forward to when that time is up." Alvarez is still eyeing a spot on Team USA at the home LA 2028 Olympics in three years' time - following on from her Rio, Tokyo and Paris exploits. That is despite the two shocking incidents which "blew up more than I ever thought". Reflecting in 2023 to NPR about the Barcelona collapse, Alvarez said: "I remember getting to the end of the routine and not feeling like I had much control. "I hit the last pose and I remember feeling like I was in a hamster wheel. Everything was spinning, then went dark. "I woke up at the side of the pool and realized I'm at a competition. 'Wait, I am at the competition. Everyone's staring at me.' "There was nothing major in the tests, so I kept going. Everything was fine until Budapest. "I never even thought about the possibility of it happening again. "[In Budapest] I remember suddenly beginning to see light through my eyes and thinking, 'Oh, I'm not breathing,' just as they were starting to put an oxygen mask on me." 8 8 8 8
