Fernando Alvarez didn’t start his 200-meter breaststroke at the FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest this weekend until well after the rest of the competitors began, and it was a powerful sight to behold.
The Spanish swimmer remained on the platform by design as he honored the victims of Thursday’s deadly Barcelona terrorist attack, which left 15 people dead, with a moment of silence.
His hope was for a moment of silence to be held before the race, as he described to El Espanol, but when that plan never came to fruition, he honored the victims with a solo tribute.
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