Departure Lounge with Sam Bramham

Episode 321,   Jul 23, 2019, 11:39 PM

One of China's most famous & most loved athletes, Sun Yang beat  Australia's Mack Horton in the final of the swimming World Championship 400m freestyle, to claim his fourth consecutive gold medal.
Mack Horton took a stand against arch-rival and convicted drug cheat Sun Yang, by refusing to stand next to him on the podium at the world championships.
The Australian swimming fraternity stood by Horton's protest, while his actions have divided the world.
Sam Julian Bramham, OAM is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Paralympics. Between those two Games, he won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze medal.
He checked into the Departure Lounge with Stampsy and Josh with his view on the protest and what it means for the future of the sport.