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Pizzeption
Scary situation, but that photo actually slaps.
EscalatorCongestion
That coach is a warrior !!!
NSierraFWhiskey
Anita passing out in the pool is well known in the artistic swimming community. The reason her coach dove in quickly was because she was expecting it. I support her competing but her known condition needs to be communicated widely before public incidents. Unfortunately, the Artistic Swimming board has gone significantly down hill and has a LOT of ethically/morally questionable activity.
Flooferdoof
They have lifeguards. This is literally their only job and they missed it.
EMHPicardo
Rescue me!
MichelGoussu
What a weird save, first thing we learn is cover the aerial ways to prevent water inhalation. Artistic swimming is crazy hard. I'm a freediver, and seeing how hard and demanding is what they do without breathing make me respect them so much.
MichelGoussu
Actually, I'm wrong. I remember that I take time to covezr mouth and nose when I practice vertical safety, but in a pool, it's shallow and therefore so fast you don't necessarily take time to cover mouth and nose. Sorry everybody
ufoara
https://people.com/olympian-who-nearly-drowned-during-competition-thriving-now-new-chapter-air-force-recruit-exclusive-11730369
Evenmoreuselessname
Congrats to the chair force on finally finding a recruit who can pass the PT the first time every year.
ufoara
jqubed
The near-drowning occurred at the World Championships in 2022. She recovered and helped the US team win silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
bbrtki
So, way old news.
Posted here because pretty ladies.
TlsGrz
Well, there goes the „as useless as a lifeguard at the Olympics“-joke…
stukajr
IIRC her reaction was so fast, the lifeguards didn't even get to get out of their seats
MrAcurite
Bit disappointing, really. Imagine constantly getting made fun of for being a lifeguard during Olympic swimming, and then when the "hey morons, sometimes shit just happens, and can happen to anyone" justification for your employment comes along, someone else swoops in.
tinyfootprints
I would imagine that the swimming coach, who knows the swimmers' routines cold, would be likely to be quicker to realize when something was off and begin a response a fraction of a second before the general lifeguards would be expected to notice an anomaly.
ChunkySmoothie
Exactly. And the coach can watch *just* their athlete; the lifeguards have to watch *everyone*
SMarkt
i guess it is happening even more often during training. the most complicated procedure is breathcontrol
Dinwiddie
Passing out can be a consequence of having good breath control, and not noticing, or disregarding warning signs that your brain is running short of oxygen. This happened to a friend of mine once while trying to do an extra lap underwater. He was lucky to be training and his spotter noticed him stopping suddenly mid pool.... After that event, being able to also 'comfortably' hold my breath long enough to pass out was my main worry when surfing on big days.
Probablyimaginary
I had a swim coach boop us on the head with a pool noodle and shout "breathing is optional" if we came up to soon. Good stuff!
PackratMagpie
Poppypoppoppop
"I had to go in, because the lifeguards weren't" -her coach. Useless lifeguards.
GrimAnimus
Brother those are paramedics, not lifeguards
Poppypoppoppop
I stand corrected. However, it does make my point. The lifeguards are nowhere to be seen, even after the coach did their work for them.
GrimAnimus
As a medical profesional myself(EMT) I can tell you for a fact that if the lifeguards didn't go in, it's because they either didn't realize that she had fainted(maybe that was part of her routine, they don't know) or because their action algorithms haven't reached the "dive in after the person" part.
And to jump ahed of "but the coach jumped in, why didn't they?", simple. They can't know if it's part of the routine, maybe the coach lost their mind and is ruining the performance.
GrimAnimus
We, as medical professionals, work with specific guidelines for our actions and breaking those guidelines without proper reason is usually grounds for severe consequences.
That being said, after looking around on the net I could not find any information on why the lifeguards didn't act, only statements that "the life guards didn't go in, so I did", which leads me to believe that the coach acted "prematurely" as in, before the lifeguards deemed in necessary to do the same.
HypoMix
Those are paramedics
Poppypoppoppop
I stand corrected. However, it does make my point. The lifeguards are nowhere to be seen, even after the coach did their work for them.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
I NEVER WANT TO HEAR SHIT ABOUT "lol how useless, a lifeguard at the Olympic pool, hurr" EVER FUCKING AGAIN
allmj
Based on the context given, they were pretty useless in this situation.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
No. They just weren't the first ones in. The article (RTFANT) discussed how the coach was both a) physically closer to the lane and b) specially trained on her athlete's breathing patterns. Being first in the water is great. That doesn't mean she didn't need a lifeguard, or that the lifeguard didn't help. CPR in a professional environment typically requires the involvement of 3 people -- one to bag, one to pump, and one to get second-line help.
MeatPopsicleMultiPass
But... the lifeguard didn't even save her.
AGrammeIsBetterThanADamn
No. They just weren't the first ones in. The article (RTFANT) discussed how the coach was both a) physically closer to the lane and b) specially trained on her athlete's breathing patterns. Being first in the water is great. That doesn't mean she didn't need a lifeguard, or that the lifeguard didn't help. CPR in a professional environment typically requires the involvement of 3 people -- one to bag, one to pump, and one to get second-line help.
Trollingstoned
Yeah the people who joked about that were always morons.
rolliefingers
Olympian what?
Isthe4thtimethecharm
You can tell she is Olympian by how much bigger she is than the average person. The old gods were just made better.
alericandcheryl101
Non-floater
NZSheeps
Boxer. No idea what she was doing in the pool
SalmonTheWise
Fainting.
seenunseen
Olympian drowner, but she got disqualified this time for intentional starvation when the rules require eating a cream based pasta within 30 minutes of the event
Evenmoreuselessname
rolliefingers
You gotta be full natty in the drown game these days, the ITA don't play no shit.
HeresYourSauce
Artistic Swimmer.
She's also a synchronized swimmer
tilthouse
In case folks don’t know: those are the same thing. Synchronized swimming is the old name.
HeresYourSauce
Huh. I did not know that. I was thinking it was solo vs team.
I copied my answer off her wikipedia page.
secondbest
Didn't know people with artism could swim.
FartsSmellBad
Must have had a falling out with Poseidon
reddles
Ice skater. Water was too warm that day.
rolliefingers
It happens. Most people don't know how deep those rinks are under there.
rolliefingers
I'm guessing break dancer
rolliefingers
Aright well fuck me I guess
ProperWeirdo
Is everyone ok?
IsmellChocolate
Yep, I'm OK. I hope you take care bro
CommonRazorKyleWhite1000AnalGirlCornQueen
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZmVleThqaWl6aGo5Nml3eXl2ZTIwam9jdGZvYnRtMW9sbzM2dHVzeCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/mg7N5iXLYxVv2/200w.webp
Kokokokko
I'm super!
sfbiker
She was fine and she helped her team win a silver a couple years after the incident. But this incident comes up every time someone posts that "If you think your job is worthless, there are lifeguards at Olympic swimming events" meme.
monkeyfly
It's been a tough few months but I'm still plugging away.
Ehvilmonkey
Lol no, have you seen the news.... In past few years
TraumaTeddy
Good here also!
alu21
I'm up!
Scahrossar
Been better, but thanks!
ElvisParsly
Canigetbannedagain2
TIL you can faint underwater, that's something I've never thought about.
ArcaneM37
Absolutely can. Free divers do it frequently and have people in the water specifically to give mouth to mouth when they faint.
VikingHobbit
Bit tired, but otherwise I am fine, thanks
KlumsyNinja
Its been a rough year, I imagine I may be in for another but I'm hanging in there out of spite. Hope you're well.
Fanner50
Having a little trouble with motivation, but otherwise OK.
Username62611
No, she joined the air force
SerialChickenLover
Real ones join the Marines: Twenty. Five. Four. Millimeter. Full. Paper. Jacket.
Hereagain
Semper Try
SerialChickenLover
I just wanted to make a crayon joke is all :(
Evenmoreuselessname
Congrats to the chair force on finally finding a recruit who can pass the PT the first time every year.
Neurisko
Shit I thought you were just making some dumb shit up but it's true!
ImTired2
Not really. Thinking about taking a one way trip to Albania. Apparently you can stay an entire year with a u.s. passport and get settled there in that time. It looks beautiful with mountains, beaches and cities. ill preted im canadian and lay low. Cost of living is lower as well.
Neurisko
The language barrier is the biggest problem for me looking to expatriate.
awkungen42
Annie?! Has anyone heard from Annie?!
Neurisko
Annie are you okay??
TELunus
Are you okay, Annie?
SomethingCleverOrIronic
Yeah, I'm doing alright, thanks!
NinjaCongo
Sound off, people!
sashagreybeard
Thank god, I was wondering all night
deetatron
Not you!!!! The @op who posted it
UsernameDoesNotCheck0ut
Username checks out
jharrigan07
I am glad you are doing okay.
pareidoliaperson
Iirc she made it.
NZSheeps
But did she get a podium place?
unluckyandbored
Glad to hear that.
TheManWhoStaresAtTurtles
Thanks for answering the question instead of going for the same unfunny joke answer as everyone else.
NZSheeps
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