Yesterday, at the World Swimming Championships in South Korea, Sun Yang won the men's 400-meter freestyle, which is undoubtedly a happy and good thing for us.
However, there are always some people in the world who obviously have no benefit to themselves, but they like to add to people's blockages. Just at the stage to receive the award, the silver medal winner refused to accept the award with Sun Yang and chose to stand at the bottom of the podium...
And this actor, everyone knows, he is the Australian swimmer Mark Horton.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Horton began to provoke and insult Sun Yang for no reason, first in an interview before the game, saying that Sun Yang greeted him during training, but he ignored it because he did not want to greet a "drug cheater".
The "drug" he was referring to was when Sun Yang took drugs to treat heart disease and was banned for 3 months. Although FINA has released an investigation report to help Sun Yang explain the reason for the ban.
But Horton clings to this, saying that to prove that the pool is "clean and fair", do you rely on your mouth to purify the pool?
Sometimes, afraid of villains, at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Horton defeated Sun Yang by a slight margin of 0.13 seconds, and still made a big fuss in the interview after the game, saying that he would not compete with people who tested positive for urine.
In response to Horton's unreasonable remarks, the Chinese Swimming Association protested to the Australian Swimming Association, but the Australian delegation said that Horton had the right to express his views.
Expressing one's opinion does not mean that one can disrespect others, provoke and insult one's opponents at will before and after the game, this kind of behavior does not make oneself noble, but this truth Horton and Australia do not understand...
However, it turns out that Horton did swim with his mouth, and at the World Swimming Championships in 2017, he began to provoke Sun Yang before the competition, saying that it would be a contest between top masters and athletes who tested positive for urine...
This attitude of grabbing people one point at a time really has no more appropriate words than to describe it as disgusting.
However, in the last championship, Sun Yang achieved three consecutive championships in the 400-meter freestyle, two seconds faster than the second-place Horton, and the level of the two was high.
After losing this time, Horton finally didn't have any, just said that he could actually swim faster.
I thought that his act of drama should be restrained after two years, but no one expected that now the "disease" has become more and more serious, directly playing performance art, refusing to go on stage to receive the award.
When Sun Yang achieved four consecutive championships and presented the award, he stood below with a look of who owed him money. The reason is still that reason, not to stand on an award stand with an athlete taking drugs as a way to protest.
This kind of behavior is undoubtedly intolerable, and Sun Yang also responded beautifully to his behavior after the game:
"You can have an opinion on me, but the award is very sacred, you have thousands of unwilling, but when you stand on the podium, you must respect China." 」
"You can disrespect me, but you have to respect China!"
As Sun Yang said, in international competitions, athletes represent not only themselves, they also represent their own countries, if they do not respect athletes from other countries, it is not respect for his country.
Similarly, as an Australian athlete, Horton's words and deeds also represent his country.
However, it is possible that he does represent Australia as well. When the Australian media reported on this matter, they not only did not say that there was anything wrong with Horton's behavior, but constantly emphasized that China and Russia are countries that love to use banned drugs.
The International Olympic Committee and the International Swimming Association did not speak, recognizing Sun Yang's qualifications and achievements, but Australia grabbed Sun Yang every day, and he was black to death, and there was no end...
Moreover, if you really look down on Sun Yang so much, you should beat him on the field, and then you can say whatever you like, and prove that you represent swimming competition.
As a result, he was funny, and found that no matter whether people ate medicine or not, they couldn't swim in people's homes, so they directly played rogues and refused to accept the award on the same stage, saying that Sun Yang was not worthy to appear on the field.
This technique is familiar, and the United States uses the same trick for Huawei! Since the competition can not be your opponent, just let him disappear, Australia is worthy of the little brother of the United States, deep in the essence of the big brother.
If you really look down on Sun Yang and think that he is not qualified to participate, you should directly refuse to participate in the competition, see Sun Yang's name and abstain from protesting, even the silver medal should not be taken well. Don't wait for the loss to start saying how upright you are, what have you done earlier!
This kind of behavior, in everyone's eyes, is just a joke. To put it bluntly, it is three words: can not afford to lose.
And there is no harm without comparison, at this time I have to praise the Italian brother who won the third place, Gabriel Deti.
He is also an old rival of Sun Yang, he also participated in the Rio Olympic Games and the 17-year championship, the ranking is also very good, no matter when, people have never had any nonsense, only concentrate on the game.
Before Horton refused to accept the award this time, he also persuaded Deti to refuse to go on stage to accept the award with himself, leaving Sun Yang standing alone on the stage to be embarrassed, but Brother Deti refused his request and said to him: "I have worked hard to get the rank, of course, I have to stand on the podium." ”
Yes, for athletes, all awards and rankings are earned through their own efforts and efforts, and they deserve to enjoy this moment of their own, which is the pride of being an athlete.
Horton's behavior is not demeaning Sun Yang, his behavior is actually degrading himself, denying his efforts as a sport, and seeing no trace of sportsmanship in his body...
Perhaps this is also why, some people joked that Horton refused to accept the award, as if he was kneeling, plus he had a dead face behind his hands, and felt like he was being tried. The way he looks is exactly what he looks like in people's minds.
So sometimes, the words "born from the heart" and "ugly people do more evil" do not come out of thin air, and the appearance of Sun Yang and Brother Deti simply dumped a certain "dead face" eighteen streets.
Probably the only thing we have to thank Horton for is that thanks to him, the photos of the winners look much more beautiful