Swimming- European Aquatics Championships- Men's 800m freestyle final - London, Britain, 20/5/2016. Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri celebrates his victory on the podium. REUTERS/Tony O'Brien
LONDON (Reuters) - Gregorio Paltrinieri is counting on China's 2012 Olympic swimming champion and 1,500 freestyle world record holder Sun Yang to stand up and show what he's made of at the Rio Games in August.
The Italian won world championship gold last year in the longest distance in the pool, with Sun's lane empty after his shock withdrawal from the final in Kazan, Russia.
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