Sun Yang Quotes
1500 metre. I am the king.
Citations
"Rio 2016: Sun Yang fires back at Mack Horton, says he's the 'king' of 1500m." The Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax Media, 8 Aug. 2016.
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Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic and world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming. Sun is the first male swimmer in history to earn Olympic and World Championship gold medals at every freestyle distance between 200 and 1500 metres. A three-time Olympic gold medallist and eleven-time world champion, he is the most decorated Chinese swimmer in history. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".