Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka has collapsed suddenly at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Potocka received emergency medical attention on the side of the pool following the women’s 200-meter individual medley.
The 21-year-old athlete was seen being carried away from the pool on a stretcher.
She was seen with an oxygen mask as she was taken away.
Potocka had finished seventh in the third heat of the event in the morning session at La Defense Arena in Nanterre, Paris.
The venue’s media manager confirmed Potocka was conscious and under medical assessment, Reuters reported.
It is not clear whether she received CPR.
Potocka collapsed as she got out of the water.
She was immediately surrounded by a group of medical attendants.
The incident is the latest tragedy to plague the Olympic Games this year.
As Slay News reported, the 26-year-old sister-in-law of Team USA water polo star Maggie Steffen has died suddenly after traveling to France for the Olympics.
The Associated Press reported that Lulu Conner died unexpectedly when she suffered a sudden “medical emergency.”
Conner died on July 23 after traveling to cheer on Steffen ahead of the Paris Olympics, the report reveals.
“She [Conner] was so excited for the Olympic Games,” Steffen said.
“We’re really close. She’s the light of the world.
“She just brings so much joy to everyone.
“She always brings people together.”
Additionally, one of the national boxing coaches dropped dead due to suffering a sudden cardiac arrest, as Slay News reported.
Lionel Fatu Elika, coach of the Samoan boxing team, died due to an apparent cardiac arrest at the age of 60.
He reportedly died suddenly at the Olympic Village where athletes are housed.
Reports suggest that Elika received emergency treatment on-site in the Olympic Village after collapsing in what was later determined to have been a cardiac arrest.
However, he was unable to be saved.
His cause of death has since been attributed to “natural causes.”
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