You can bet that Michael Phelps has a big grin on his face right now, given that he added a further two golds to his record tally last night, but prior to the semi-final of the 200 metre butterfly he was all business.
As Chad le Clos warmed up ahead of their first showdown at this year’s Olympics, cameras showed Phelps was in no mood for niceties.
Video is tough to come by, given that broadcasters NBC are keeping a close eye on YouTube, but this below does the job:
The second the footage aired you knew the memes were coming, with these below from Huffington Post:
A few more for good measure:
Good point there Todd, what’s up with those awful tracksuits our athletes are forced to wear? Did Fikile spend the budget on mobile data so he could tweet 24/7, or was it all blown on those lavish sports awards ceremonies we throw instead of sending athletes to Rio?
Anyway cheer up Michael, two more golds and a good Wiki edit (HERE) should do the trick.
[source:huffpost]
