On the evening of the 27th, Australian female swimmer Sha Jack was exposed to suspected doping. After that, the world's focus was on her teammate, Mark Horton.
This afternoon, a reporter from Australian media abc news finally found Horton and asked him what he thought about the matter, but Horton never said a word, resulting in a very embarrassing scene.
Reporter asked: I want to know, do you have anything to say about the Shajack controversy?
Horton didn't answer, turning his head and smiling awkwardly at his teammates.
The reporter continued to ask: Do you now regret your actions on the podium? Do you agree with her or condemn her actions?
Probably not knowing what to do, Horton simply turned around and hid behind his teammates.
The reporter asked in a row: Mark, do you have anything to say? Any ideas? Knowing that, would you have done something different from the original?
Horton, however, insisted on not speaking and stepped onto the bus with his teammates.
The governor of Chang'an Avenue noticed that not only Horton, but the Australian team was almost collectively silent, refusing to be interviewed except for the female player Kate Campbell.
At noon today, the People's Daily commented on the matter, pointing out that "banned drugs are the public enemy of the sports world."
The comments pointed out: teammate Sha Jack tested positive, and the Australian team was almost collectively silent, without the indignation of the past, and there was no jealousy. Accustomed to holding a "flashlight", you should take care of yourself and your teammates. Banned drugs are the public enemy of the sports world, and if you don't fear the high-pressure line, the pool will not be clean. The incident is still under investigation, respecting the procedure and abandoning the "double standard" in order to truly clean up the pool filth.
During the World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, at the award ceremony after the 400-meter final, Horton, who won the second place, refused to take the stage to shake hands with champion Sun Yang and take a group photo, which aroused widespread concern.
Horton's reason was to question Sun Yang's failure to cooperate with doping tests last year.
For the relevant questions, FINA has determined that Sun Yang did not violate the doping regulations after the investigation, but the World Anti-Doping Agency has not yet made a final ruling.
On the evening of the 26th, Sun Yang said in an interview: I should not be insulted and slandered in this way.
Sun Yang said: "I think I can persist to this day, but also because I have a strong heart. There are so many swimmers all over the world, I think it's hard for them to influence me with just these few athletes.
For me, many times it is not necessary to prove myself through the "mouth cannon" way, and there is no need to respond to them one by one. FINA has made it very clear that I have not violated any rules, I have complied with the relevant regulations. I think what I do is to defend the rights and interests of every athlete.
If it were another athlete, an undocumented inspector would come to check on you today, and the blood and urine samples would have been taken away, and if tampering had occurred in the process, there would have been no place to reason or opportunity to reason. My actions are defending the rights of every athlete.
I think what I said was well-founded, every sentence was the truth, there was no rumor. I think what I'm doing now is defending the rights of every athlete and defending myself. Because I think I can hold out until now and shouldn't be subjected to such insults and denigrations. ”
Shah Jack
On the evening of the 27th, the Australian Swimming Association confirmed that the country's female athlete Sha Jack had a positive result in an off-race doping test on June 26.
The Australian Swimming Association said that in accordance with the regulations, the association imposed a temporary suspension for Sha Jack, and the relevant personnel accompanied her back to Australia from a training camp in Japan, and she was absent from the World Swimming Championships, which opened in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 12.
"Obviously, the players didn't know why Jack was out of the game. This also raises the question – if Horton had known that one of his teammates had tested positive, would he have made such a big fuss and publicly demonstrated his position? He must be very disappointed by the management of the Australian Swimming Team now. The Australian newspaper said in the report.
Source: Xinhua News Agency, Global Times, People's Daily, etc