Horton humiliates himself with his antics

AT THE 18TH FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, held in Guangju, the Republic of Korea, Chinese athlete Sun Yang won the gold medal in the men's 400 meters freestyle. But Mack Horton, the Australian athlete who won silver, refused to stand on the podium. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

After the medal ceremony, Horton reportedly also refused to pose for a group photo with Sun in it, even though the hosts of the competition repeatedly invited him to do so.

Yet afterwards he was seen holding his silver medal high and allowing the audience and media to take photos of him, and he even posed with the Italian swimmer Gabriele Detti who won the bronze medal.