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Sun Yang had just won a gold medal at the Rio Olympics – surely one of the greatest moments of his life.

Yet somehow the Chinese swimmer managed to combine it with one of the most embarrassing as well.

As he celebrated victory in the thrilling 200m freestyle final Yang wanted to celebrate with the fans by throwing his swimming cap into the stands.

However it went terribly wrong when he somehow managed to throw it in completely the wrong direction and the cap ended up in the pool.


When Sun Yang tried to make a statement by throwing his swim cap to the audience but ended up in the pool #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/aCGQ4pD2LU — Rica (@eeenricaaa) August 9, 2016

Sun yang attempting to throw his cap to the crowd is the reason #swimmers should stick to the water #Swimming #Rio2016 #Olympics — BVA (@TheRealBVA) August 9, 2016

Nice cap throw by sun yang ? — Michael Zarian (@michaelzarian) August 9, 2016

Sun yang trying to throw his cap to the crowd but it goes in the pool ??????????????? — Tim Hochradel (@tjhoch) August 9, 2016

Even when Sun Yang is a winner, he's a loser. How about that attempted swim cap throw. #Gold #Rio2016 #swimming — Paddy Sweeney (@SweeneyPaddy9) August 9, 2016

After fishing it out, Yang had another go and did a bit better.



Yang won gold ahead of Chad le Clos of South Africa and Conor Dwyer of the United States. British hope James Guy came fourth.

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