Michael Phelps is the most celebrated Olympic athlete of all time. The USA swimmer has won 25 medals in total. He has a medal for every year i’ve been alive, and I have no medals. Slightly discouraging but whatever we can’t all be Olympians.
For the past few days Michael Phelps has been trending worldwide, and not just for his men’s freestyle relay, which, of course, he won a gold in. No no, Michael Phelps, broke the internet because of his face. On Monday, pre-race Phelps was seen glaring (and I mean death-stare glare) at Chad le Clos of South Africa. We’re not talking a casual ‘i’m going to beat you’ glare – i’m talking ‘I will DESTROY you.’ Ergo, #PhelpsFace was born.
Who doesn’t love a bit of Alanis Morissette? Phelps does for sure
So so so so so great
Who wore it better? #PhelpsFace pic.twitter.com/0iOISYY0Jm
Definitely Phelps
So creative
We feel you, Phelps
And this my friends, is the exact moment Chad from South Africa realised he was going to lose to Michael Phelps. Lesson learnt: do not mess with Phelps.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.