A member of the Russian Pentathlon Federation was saved from drowning in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro, the press attache of the Russian Modern Pentathlon Federation almost drowned while swimming in the ocean. As Alexey Popov, press attaché of the Russian Modern Pentathlon Federation, wrote on his Facebook, he and three friends went for a swim in the ocean. When they crossed the surf, they were unable to return to shore. “I didn’t lose my head, I immediately tried to swim out diagonally, but I couldn’t swim out, I was carried further and further.