Mack Horton Cops It From Chinese Punters After Losing To Sun Yang

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Australian Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton is once again copping it from the Chinese.

After famously calling out China's Sun Yang at the Rio 2016 Olympics for testing positive to a banned substance - then going on to defeat him in the 400m freestyle - the Victorian has been hit with a barrage of abuse ever since.

The feud sparked up once again over the weekend at the world championships where Sun squared the ledger by winning gold in the same event.

Here is just some of the feedback Horton has received on Instagram since the result:

Here is the post - there's plenty more where that came from:

Oh well, here's a friendly reminder for anyone that needs a refresher from the most recent Olympics: