On July 21, at the award ceremony of the first swimming competition of the 2019 Gwangju swimming world championships, there was a dramatic scene - Australian famous Horton, who lost to Sun Yang again and won the second place in the men's 400m freestyle, stood in place all the way and refused to climb the same podium with sun Yang.
The gold medalist in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is the only player who has defeated Sun Yang in the past eight years. But the word 'sympathizing' is not suitable to describe their relationship.
During the Rio Olympic Games, Horton ignored Sun Yang who took the initiative to say hello during the warm-up. He even told the media that he was a 'drug swindler' and tried to provoke psychological warfare.
Horton said after the game: 'I just don't want to share the podium with someone who behaves like him.' What's more, he wants the third runner up to do the same!
But detti from Italy rejected him on the grounds that: 'I train very hard for the bronze medal and I want to stand on the podium.'