{"id":215801,"date":"2016-08-04T08:06:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=215801"},"modified":"2016-08-04T08:06:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:06:22","slug":"distance-rivalry-flairs-up-in-warm-up-pool-between-sun-yang-and-mack-horton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/distance-rivalry-flairs-up-in-warm-up-pool-between-sun-yang-and-mack-horton\/","title":{"rendered":"Distance Rivalry Flairs Up In Warm-Up Pool Between Sun Yang and Mack Horton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of competition in Rio de Janeiro about to start the rivalries are heating up. According to a report by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/olympics\/rio-2016\/olympics-swimming\/rio-olympics-2016-mack-horton-has-training-pool-runin-with-chinas-sun-yang-20160804-gqkoi9.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/a> distance stars\u00a0<strong>Mack Horton<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Sun Yang<\/strong> got in a bit of a spat during warm-ups this morning, when Yang started attempting to distract Horton from his warm-up.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em>Herald<\/em> Yang splashed at Horton and continually tried to distract him during training in Rio. The 20-year-old Horton reportedly ignored the taunts and &#8220;refused to have the focus shifted off his preparations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Horton&#8217;s coach\u00a0<strong>Craig Jackson<\/strong> commented that, &#8220;<strong>Sun Yang<\/strong>\u00a0was trying to get his attention but he stayed calm. Mack is very relaxed and has settled in very well. He&#8217;s trained very strongly and we want to make sure the world sees the best of Mack on the night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The two will go head-to-head in the men&#8217;s 400 free slated to begin on August 6th, 2016. Horton will look to claim Olympic gold after setting the fastest time for 2016 at a 3:41.65 back in April at the Australian Championships. Yang, currently sitting at second in the world rankings with a 3:43.55, will look to defend his Olympic title.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Yang has been involved in skirmishes in the past few years. The 24-year-old was involved in a car accident in 2013 when he rear-ended a buss while driving a Porsche Cayenne sans license. Matters worsened for Yang when he served a three-month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-world-record-holder-stripped-of-1500-free-title-for-doping\/\" target=\"_blank\">doping ban in 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report from\u00a0<em>The Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/olympics\/rio-2016\/olympics-swimming\/rio-olympics-2016-mack-horton-has-training-pool-runin-with-chinas-sun-yang-20160804-gqkoi9.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the start of competition in Rio de Janeiro about to start the rivalries are heating up. 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