PARIS: Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka is under medical assessment after collapsing following her women’s 200m individual medley heat at the Paris Olympics on Friday, a venue official said.
Medical staff rushed to assist Potocka and carried her away from the poolside on a stretcher with an oxygen mask on her face after she finished seventh in the third heat of the event in the morning session at La Defense Arena.
The venue’s media manager confirmed Potocka was conscious and under medical assessment.
The 21-year-old’s time of two minutes 14.20s ruled her out of advancing to the semifinals and was 4.3s slower than the fastest swimmer, Canada’s gold medal hope Summer McIntosh.