Australian swimmer Mack Horton has been warned by FINA after he snubbed his Chinese rival Sun Yang on the podium after the world 400 metres ...
The highly visible protest reignited their row at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where the Aussie called Sun a"drug cheat" over a previous doping ban before pipping him to gold.
"While FINA respects the principle of freedom of speech, it has to be conducted in the right context. FINA cleared Sun to compete but the World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed the decision at the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport .
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