(Flickr/Marco Paköeningrat)
Don’t Mess with Michael Phelps. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Phelps had his first international defeat in a decade, in the 200-meter butterfly losing to Chad le Clos of South Africa who won the Gold.
Well Phelps did not forget that and 4 years later he found himself racing Le Clos in the same event. Before the final, the camera caught Phelps mean mugging Le Clos and giving him the death stare. Who knows what was going through his head but he psyched himself up enough to win the event, avenge his loss and win his 21st Gold Medal of his career.
The video has gone viral with people using the hashtag #phelpsface to create internet memes. Don’t mess with Michael Phelps!
Phelps' stare down of Chad le Clos is much better with the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song: https://t.co/Bpy94Wbb3c https://t.co/q12NPhnP4r
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 9, 2016
