2016 Rio Olympics - Swimming - Victory Ceremony - Men's 400m Freestyle Victory Ceremony - Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 06/08/2016. Mack Horton (AUS) of Australia poses with his gold medal. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Picture Supplied by Action Images
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Australia's Mack Horton, the men's 400 metres Olympicfreestyle champion, reignited his feud with Chinese rival Sun Yang on Friday, two days before they face each other at the start of the world championships in Budapest.
Tensions flared last summer when Horton called Sun a "drug cheat" before ending the latter’s title defence in a tightly fought 400m freestyle final.
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