Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocká, 21, collapses and is taken away on a stretcher in entrance of horrified spectators after ending her Olympic 200m particular person medley warmth

Slovakian athlete Tamara Potocká collapsed after finishing a swim on the Olympic Video games this morning, leaving spectators on the Paris Aquatics Centre shocked as she was hurriedly carried away on a stretcher.

The 21-year-old competed in a warmth of the ladies’s 200-meter particular person medley at 10:30am BST this morning and clambered out of the pool having are available seventh, lacking out on qualification for the later rounds.

However moments later her legs buckled and she or he tumbled to the bottom, managing to sit down down for a number of seconds earlier than falling backwards.

Potocká was seen in misery together with the pool at the same time as one other eight swimmers lined up in preparation for the subsequent warmth, till organisers realised one thing was mistaken and medical employees descended on the scene.

Medics shortly positioned an oxygen masks over the face of the younger Slovak, who was mendacity immobile, earlier than fastidiously loading her onto a stretcher and dashing her out of the stadium as fellow swimmers and spectators alike watched on in horror. 

Her situation isn’t but identified.