Swimmer Tamara Potocka Collapses After 200-Meter Individual Medley Race at Olympics Following Asthma Attack

Swimmer Tamara Potocka Collapses After 200-Meter Individual Medley Race at Olympics Following Asthma Attack
Slovakia’s Tamara Potocka is taken on stretcher from the pool deck after collapsing following a heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Nanterre, France, on Aug. 2, 2024. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Photo
Reuters
Updated:
0:00

NANTERRE, France—Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women’s 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics when she had an asthma attack, a team spokesman said.

Potocka, 21, was given first aid and carried off on a stretcher while wearing an oxygen mask. Medical personal at the pool said she was conscious.