{"id":214114,"date":"2025-01-13T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/olympic-kitesurfer-bruno-lobo-rescues-drowning-woman\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T12:54:23","slug":"olympic-kitesurfer-bruno-lobo-rescues-drowning-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/olympic-kitesurfer-bruno-lobo-rescues-drowning-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo rescues drowning woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/25\/01\/768x432\/skynews-bruno-lobo-brazil-kitesurfing_6798088.jpg?20250113114459&amp;fit=768,432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo rescues drowning woman\" title=\"Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo rescues drowning woman\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Brazilian Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo has rescued a woman who appeared to be drowning in the sea.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lobo captured the moment off the coast of Sao Luis on 10 January on a new camera that he was testing at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Posting the footage on Instagram, the athlete said after sailing for a few moments, he heard a &#8220;cry for help&#8221; and looked to &#8220;see a girl drowning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said he approached her, tried to calm her down and told her to climb on his back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">Pic: Bruno Lobo<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The footage of the rescue then shows Lobo &#8211; with the help of his kite &#8211; pull the woman back to shore, where lifeguards were waiting to assist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lifeguards carried out first aid on the seashore and thank God everything went well,&#8221; Lobo wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Issuing a warning to others, he added: &#8220;Be warned about the danger of the sea, rivers and any place you don&#8217;t know because the current in some places is usually very strong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lobo made his Olympic debut at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/topic\/paris-2024-olympics-10567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Games<\/a><\/strong> last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/jeff-bezoss-new-glenn-rocket-debut-launch-called-off-13286043\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Bezos&#8217;s New Glenn debut launch called off<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/baby-gorilla-recovering-after-rescue-from-hold-of-turkish-airlines-plane-13288066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baby gorilla rescued from hold of Turkish Airlines plane<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He competed in the new discipline of Formula Kite, finishing seventh overall.<\/p>\n<p>He also came first in the Formula Kite Pan American Championship in 2023 and ranked ninth at the World Championships in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>Away from kitesurfing, he works as an orthopaedic doctor, specialising in knee surgery.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/olympic-kitesurfer-bruno-lobo-rescues-drowning-woman-13288092\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian Olympic kitesurfer Bruno Lobo has rescued a woman who appeared to be drowning in the sea. Mr Lobo captured the moment off the coast of Sao Luis on 10 January on a new camera that he was testing at the time. 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