October 04, 2024

HOST+ONE - Mack Horton

40 minutes

Andy Maher is joined by Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton, who talks about why he made the call to retire in early 2024, how he dealt with pressure early in his career, his Olympic gold medal win in 2016, the ramifications of his brave stance against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, what he's up to now, and more.

In this episode:

0:49 - Mack on his decision to retire from swimming earlier this year

5:37 - How much he was thinking about the future before retiring

11:53 - His mindset during races and at competitions

16:37 - The Olympic gold medal win in Rio

25:20 - His early relationship with Sun Yang

27:25 - His decision to call Sun Yang a drug cheat and the death threats that followed

32:51 - On what he's doing after retiring from swimming

37:16 - The details of technique at the top level of swimming

39:09 - On his relationship with the sport of swimming now and his potential to do some media work

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