(CNN)Former world champion and Olympic swimmer Filippo Magnini saved the life of a man who was drowning off a Sardinian beach, according to an eyewitness.
The bather got into trouble while attempting to chase a swan float that had been carried away by the wind, Marco Bencivenga, a newspaper director holidaying on the Italian island, told CNN.
The man’s friends saw that he needed help and began shouting and waving to get the attention of lifeguards, who rushed to deploy a rescue boat.
