Mac Horton won Australia’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics in a thrilling finish to the men’s 400m freestyle.
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“Don’t know if it was a rivalry between me and him, just me and an athlete who has tested positive I guess”.
“It hasn’t really sunk in yet”, Horton told reporters after the race.
Among his many previous indiscretions are a three-month doping suspension in 2014 – served in secret and announced retrospectively – for taking a banned stimulant, which he said he needed for a heart complaint.
“I don’t think I need to explain myself any further”, he said.
“There will be a time and a place for me to address that issue but it’s not right now”, she said.
Sun also found himself in hot water at the Asian Games two years ago after ripping into the national anthem of China’s fierce rivals Japan, calling it “ugly” before eventually apologising for his remarks.
“Although you have to the gold medal, but no matter how much you get the piece because of your character you will always be a loser at least respect you should have!”
The US team of Simone Manuel, Abbey Weitzeil, Dana Vollmer and Katie Ledecky took silver in 3:31.89 and Canada were third in 3:32.89.
Miley was overhauled in the final 25m of the women’s 400m individual medley as Katinka Hosszu of Hungary won in a world record of 4:26.36.
The devastated Scot leant her head on the timing pads before congratulating Hosszu on beating the mark Ye Shiwen of China set en route to London 2012 gold.
The 20-year-old Victorian’s personal and season best is 14:39.54, which he posted when winning April’s Olympic trials in Adelaide.
“To go in there and be able swim fast and swim well is absolutely fantastic”.
Japan’s Kosuke Hagino ended the U.S. stranglehold on the men’s 400m medley gold, holding off American Chase Kalisz with a win in 4:06.05.
At last year’s world championships in Kazan, Sun was involved in a row with the Brazilian swim team when he was accused of bullying Larissa Oliveira, who claimed he tugged her foot during warm-up in a fit of pique. This time, 2004 and 2008 champ Phelps had opted not to compete in the USA trials while 2012 victor Lochte failed to qualify. Hagino said. “Still not flawless but I’ve won the gold and that’s a fantastic result”.
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Briton Adam Peaty couldn’t start counting his gold, but made a statement in the first Olympic race of his career with a world record of 57.55 in the 100m breaststroke heats.
