Tamara Potocka is receiving medical attention after collapsing poolside at the 2024 Olympics.
Moments after completing the Women’s 200-Meter individual medley race, the 21-year-old swimmer from Slovakia collapsed as she got out of the water.
Potocka was immediately surrounded by a group of medical attendants, given first aid and carried off on a stretcher, according to the Associated Press.
Per the publication, she was immediately surrounded by a group of medical attendants, given first aid and carried off on a stretcher.
According to a rep from the Slovak Olympic Team in Paris, the incident was due to an asthma attack.
"Tamara Potocka is an asthmatic," they shared in an Aug. 2 statement to E! News. "In the medical room she received an oxygen therapy and during this procedure she communicated. Now she will be monitored by doctors in hospital for some time."
The incident itself unfolded during a live broadcast, leaving spectators, commentators and officials stunned, according to the Daily Mail.
“Fifteen thousand people are now watching an athlete surrounded by medical staff,” one commentator shared per the publication, “and I can assure you it's absolutely silent in here. They've got a stretcher out, they've got an oxygen mask on the athlete, and I'm going to say...this looks very serious.”
He added, “We hope that there's nothing more than that.”
Potocka finished seventh in her heat in a time of 2 minutes, 14.20 seconds, per the AP. Her placement does not quality her to advance her to the semifinals of the event.