PARIS − Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka was under medical assessment after collapsing following her women's 200-meter 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 pool-side 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 14.20 seconds ruled her out of advancing to the semi-finals and was 4.3 seconds slower than the fastest swimmer, Canada's gold medal hope Summer McIntosh.
➤ Get Olympics updates in your texts! Join USA TODAY Sports' WhatsApp Channel
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast.Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
2025-01-13 16:07933 view
2025-01-13 16:031077 view
2025-01-13 15:291854 view
2025-01-13 15:00347 view
2025-01-13 14:07744 view
2025-01-13 14:041408 view
It's Christmastime, Charlie Brown! And with Christmastime comes Christmas movies like the aptly name
In this edition of Indicators of the Week, we talk about the end of surprise IRS visits, new researc
An Arizona teenager who had been missing since 2019 stopped by a Montana police department alone on
