RIO DE JANEIRO - China's swim team wants an apology from Australian Mack Horton for launching a "malicious personal attack" on rival Sun Yang at the Olympics, Chinese media reported Sunday. Asked how he felt about doping violators Sun and South Korean Park Tae-Hwan competing at the Games, Horton said before the 400m final: "I don't have time or respect for drug cheats." Asked afterwards by angry Chinese journalists why he had used such terminology, Horton did not mince his words. Footage of a disconsolate Sun sobbing uncontrollably in the media mixed zone after the final went viral on Chinese social media. Some of his rivals in Rio have suggested he shouldn't have been allowed to defend his gold medals in the 400 and 1,500m from the 2012 London Olympics.

Source: Bangkok Post August 08, 2016 00:45 UTC