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sports Diabierna 24 Juni 2022

US coach makes dramatic rescue of artistic swimmer at worlds

(AP) — Andrea Fuentes pian, had fainted. She gave an exceptional solo
prevented a tragedy at the "It was her best performance performance and competed
swimming world cham- ever, she just pushed through brilliantly in four preliminary
pionships with her quick her limits and she found and three final competitions
reaction. them," Fuentes joked. across six days."
Alvarez, who was immedi-
The United States coach ately given medical attention, Alvarez finished seventh in
knew something was wrong was feeling much better on Wednesday's individual final.
when she saw artistic swim- Thursday. "Whether or not she will
mer Anita Alvarez sink mo- "Anita has been evaluated by swim in the free team final
tionless to the bottom of the medical staff and will con- on Friday ... will be deter-
pool during a solo free rou- tinue to be monitored. She is mined by Anita and expert
tine on Wednesday. feeling much better and us- medical staff," USA Artistic
The fully clothed Fuentes ing today to rest," USA Artis- Swimming said.
dived in. She swam to the tic Swimming told The As-
unresponsive Alvarez, put sociated Press in a statement. Fuentes also said Alvarez was all is okay," Fuentes wrote. to the finish line and others
her arms around her, and lift- "Watching yesterday's medi- doing much better in an Ins- "We sometimes forget that help them to get there. Our
ed her to the water's surface, cal emergency of 2x Olym- tagram post. this happens in other high- sport is no different than oth-
where another person helped pian Anita Alvarez and sub- "The doctors checked all vi- endurance sports. Marathon, ers, just in a pool, we push
get her out of the pool. sequent rescue by coach tals and everything is nor- cycling, cross country… we through limits and some-
Andrea Fuentes was heart- mal: heart rate, oxygen, sugar all have seen images where times we find them."
Alvarez, a two-time Olym- breaking for our community. levels, blood pressure, etc… some athletes don't make it

Russians win court ruling ahead of weightlifting elections

The Court of Arbitration competitions because of the
for Sport upheld appeals by country's part in the war in Long-time IWF president
Maxim Agapitov, who is an Ukraine, the International Tamás Aján, a former IOC
IWF board member, Dmitry Olympic Committee and member, was ousted weeks
Chernogorov and Aleksandr most Olympic sports have later after being implicated
Kishkin. All three were ex- not suspended their mem- in financial misconduct and
cluded last month from the bers from Russia. tampering with the sport's
elections by a panel vetting anti-doping program.
potential candidates. The CAS verdict should Aján was banned from sports
clear the three men to stand for life last week by a separate
The IWF-appointed panel for various IWF positions, in- CAS panel.
did not have authority to cluding president, at the two-
make what were effectively day election meeting in the The elections this weekend
disciplinary decisions against Albanian capital of Tirana. are key for the IWF to rebuild
the Russians, CAS said in a The elections are the IWF's trust at the IOC. Weight-
statement. first since an investigation lifting has been left off the
(AP) — Three Russian weekend's International broadcast in January 2020 by sports program for the 2028
officials won a court rul- Weightlifting Federation Although Russian teams and German channel ARD ac- Los Angeles Olympics, with
ing Thursday to overturn elections. athletes have been banned cused the body of widespread the IOC due to make a final
being barred from this from many international corruption. decision next year.

Andreescu beats Kasatkina for 1st semifinal on grass

(AP) — Bianca Andreescu her childhood on the tennis
reached her first semifinal court.
in over a year, and first on
grass, with a 6-4, 6-1 win The 22-year-old Andrees-
over top-seeded Daria Ka- cu will play Simona Halep,
satkina at the Bad Hom- whose quick-fire 6-2, 6-1
burg Open on Thursday. win over Amanda Anisimo-
va puts her in back-to-back
The former U.S. Open win- semifinals after reaching the
ner broke Kasatkina's serve last four in Birmingham last
five times in a dominant week.
showing. It's the closest that
Andreescu has come to a Defending champion An-
title since she took time off gelique Kerber lost for the
to recharge and work on her first time in Bad Homburg
mental health, missing the as Alize Cornet beat her 6-4,
Australian Open before re- 2-6, 6-1.
turning to the tour in April.
Cornet's semifinal opponent
The Canadian's last title win is Caroline Garcia after the
was her breakout U.S. Open French player beat Sabine
victory in 2019, and her last Lisicki 6-3, 7-6 (7). Lisicki
final was in Miami in April was in her first tour-level
2021. During that time, An- quarterfinal match since 2018
dreescu has developed her after years of struggling with
interests away from the court, knee injuries.
making music and writing a
children's book inspired by