{"id":382432,"date":"2019-07-23T06:35:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T13:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=382432"},"modified":"2019-07-24T00:46:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T07:46:17","slug":"duncan-scott-joins-mack-horton-in-podium-protest-after-you-loser-rant-from-sun-yang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-joins-mack-horton-in-podium-protest-after-you-loser-rant-from-sun-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"Duncan Scott Joins Mack Horton In Podium Protest After “You Loser” Rant From Sun Yang"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Championships, <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Gwangju, Day 3 finals<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The world got a flash of the infamous temper of Chinese controversy Sun Yang<\/strong> when Britain’s Duncan Scott<\/strong> staged a silent podium protest in support of Fair Play tonight at the Nambu pool here in Gwangju.<\/p>\n

The incident led to both swimmers being issued with warnings from FINA just before midnight local time for “bringing the sport and\/or FINA into disrepute”.<\/p>\n

Passions already running high after Australian Mack Horton<\/strong> courted a FINA warning for refusing to stand on the podium with Sun after the 400m freestyle final on Sunday, tension was added to the mix when Lithuanian Danys Rapsys<\/strong> won the 200m final but had his celebrations cut short by disqualification for moving on his blocks at the start. That left Sun to shine as champion once more.<\/p>\n

Whatever happened on the way to the medals, by the time they swimmers reached the podium, a dark cloud had washed over Sun’s mood: after he accepted the gold medal, he\u00a0turned to the shared bronze medallists to his left and shouted loudly in Scott’s face, fists clenched, aggression his body language of choice. By the time the swimmers left the stage, he would say, more than once, “you loser … I am (the) winner”.<\/p>\n

The booing and jeering that started when Rapsys was denied switched camps from crowd and athletes’ stands to Chinese fans when Scott stood at a distance from the other three swimmers and refused to pose for medal-winners’ photographs with Sun.<\/p>\n

The snaps shot, Sun passed the waiting Scott – who had not inflamed the situation by answering back and simply maintained what he saw as his right to stand in protest – before turning on him once more, leaning into him aggressively and repeating: “You loser … (me) the winner”.<\/p>\n

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Time to say goodbye to playing along with athletes towing a doping record, says Duncan Scott as he makes his way off the deck top cheers from the crowd and athletes – Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer<\/p><\/div>\n

Once more, Scott stood back as the other three medallists posed for more photos on the deck. He then decided, to boos from Chinese fans but far louder cheering from the rest of the crowd, athletes, coaches and even some media, too, to walk away. As he did ask, he waved his arm up in the air towards his teammates, the Australians and others to acknowledge the support raining down on his from the stands, teammates – and on social media.<\/p>\n