A swimming fan that seems has an eagle-eye, saved the life of Olympic swimming gold medallist Mack Horton who suspects a dangerous mole on the right chest of the 20-year old athlete. The fan immediately contacted Horton's team.
Horton, who represents Australia on the recent Rio Olympics won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle challenge. After being informed of the danger that might his mole might cause him, an operation was then scheduled and has been removed on Thursday in Melbourne. After the successful operation, the athlete posted a message of thanks to his anonymous saviour on his Instagram account.
"Shout out to the person that emailed the swim team doctor and told me to get my mole checked out. Good call. Very good call," Horton wrote, bearing a bandage and the 'thumbs up' in the photograph.
Horton gained international praise from swimming and Olympics fans beating Chinese swimmer Sun Yan in their Rio Olympics bout early this year.
There were images during the competition that shows Horton having a showy spot of a mole that has becoming bigger and darker.
It might just be a mole but truly, this has raised an alarm to the team, as Australia has increased rates on skin cancer, raising an approximately 66 percent of people in the country will be diagnosed with the disease by the time they are 70. Statiscally, around 2,000 die each year in Australia from skin cancer with major reason of being exposed to UV radiation in sunlight.
Australians are now advised to monitor new spots on skin, which would appear normal but would eventually change color and shape speedily. If there could be any spots that increase in size, change in color from brown to black, and starts to get itchy should get a check up with a specialist.
Horton's fan was really a savior and has been thanked by the swimmer's team and fans that might have caused him to danger.
