{"id":216083,"date":"2016-08-06T04:30:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=216083"},"modified":"2016-08-06T03:51:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T10:51:32","slug":"morning-splash-mack-horton-has-something-to-prove-in-wide-open-400-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/morning-splash-mack-horton-has-something-to-prove-in-wide-open-400-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Splash: Mack Horton Has Something to Prove in Wide-Open 400 Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By David Rieder<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One year ago, Australia\u2019s <strong>Mack Horton<\/strong> entered the World Championships as the top seed in the men\u2019s 400 free. He had swum a 3:42.84 at Australia\u2019s National Championships, the fastest time swum in the event in three years.<\/p>\n<p>Horton had made his senior international debut a year earlier at the Commonwealth Games, where he won a bronze medal in the 1500 free, but Worlds gave Horton his first chance to shine with all eyes pointed his way.<\/p>\n<p>But then illness struck, and Horton struck out. He ended up finishing 11th in the 400 free in 3:47.37, and the final went off without him. China\u2019s <strong>Sun Yang<\/strong> ended up winning a second-straight World title in the event in 3:42.58, and Great Britain\u2019s James Guy finished second in 3:43.75, slower than Horton\u2019s time from a few months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Horton also missed the final of the 1500 free (which he entered as the second seed behind <strong>Gregorio Paltrinieri<\/strong>), and although he salvaged one medal in the 800 free (a bronze), it was a very disappointing World Championships debut for the then-19-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>But only eight months later, Horton was again lighting up the domestic scoreboard with eye-opening times at Australia\u2019s Olympic Trials. He won the 400 free in 3:41.65, the top time in the world this year. Only once since London four years ago has someone swum faster, and that was in 2013, when Sun won the 400 free at the World Championships in 3:41.59.<\/p>\n<p>Horton impressed in the 1500 as well, becoming just the sixth man in history to crack the 14:40-barrier with his 14:39.54. But that event will present a major challenge for a gold medal\u2014Italy\u2019s Paltrinieri posted the second-fastest time in history in May with a 14:34.04, and Sun figures to present a major challenge as well.<\/p>\n<p>But the 400 free is wide open. Seven men have legitimate medal chances\u2014along with Horton and Sun, there\u2019s 2008 gold medalist <strong>Park Tae Hwan<\/strong> of South Korea, Canada\u2019s <strong>Ryan Cochrane<\/strong>, USA\u2019s <strong>Connor Jaeger<\/strong>, Italy\u2019s <strong>Gabriele Detti<\/strong> and Canada\u2019s <strong>Ryan Cochrane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But as tight and competitive of a field as this shape up to be, Horton has as much talent as any of his competition. Sun seems to consider Horton a threat after going out of his way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/distance-rivalry-flairs-up-in-warm-up-pool-between-sun-yang-and-mack-horton\/\" target=\"_blank\">distract the young Aussie<\/a> in the warmup pool Thursday. Horton, still only 20 years old, is the youngest of any of the major competitors in the field and has some serious potential for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>If a young Australian entering the Olympics as a favorite in the 400 free sounds familiar, it should. <strong>Ian Thorpe<\/strong> was just 17 and already one of his country\u2019s biggest stars at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He went into his first Olympic final as the big favorite for gold, and he came through, winning by almost three seconds and setting a new world record.<\/p>\n<p>But while Thorpe arrived in Sydney already a World Champion in the event, Horton might still have big-meet demons to exorcise after what happened in Kazan last summer. But it will only take two great swims, one early this afternoon and one tonight, for Horton to totally wipe away those bad memories.<\/p>\n<p>**In case it was not pretty clear, it\u2019s an easy pick for best race for day one in Rio. Neither the 400 IM final figure to feature any major upsets\u2014on the men\u2019s side, only four men have broken 4:10 in the past two years, and <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> will be in the spotlight in the women\u2019s equivalent. The Australians are heavily favored to dominate the women\u2019s 400 free relay.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s program also includes preliminary and semifinal action in the women\u2019s 100 fly and men\u2019s 100 breast\u2014and it would be a major upset if <strong>Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong> and<strong> Adam Peaty<\/strong> do not lead the way in their events by respectable margins.<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the 400 free, which could be Horton\u2019s breakthrough moment, or it could be Sun or Park taking yet another turn in the sun, or it could be someone like Guy who breaks through.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s going to be the one to push the pace and make everyone chase him? (At Worlds last year, it was Guy.) Who\u2019s on form, and who\u2019s struggling? Since the 400 free is only the second final of the meet, no one knows yet.<\/p>\n<p>So even though this event has not had quite the hype of some of the other races coming later in the week at the Olympic Aquatic Center\u2014think the women\u2019s 200 free or men\u2019s 200 IM\u2014and the favorites might not be the sexiest of names, this one figures to be quite entertaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Rieder One year ago, Australia\u2019s Mack Horton entered the World Championships as the top seed in the men\u2019s 400 free. 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