If you were on the internet at all on Monday night or Tuesday, you saw “angry Michael Phelps.”
The facial expression Phelps gave South African swimmer Chad Le Clos after the 24-year-old taunted him before the men’s 200-m butterfly semi-final was threatening enough to make you think the now-21-time gold medal winner is a Sith lord.
And on Tuesday night, Phelps got his revenge.
SOON pic.twitter.com/e4uzpDlWum
— SB Nation GIF (@SBNationGIF) August 9, 2016
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He handily defeated Le Clos in the 200m butterfly. You might remember how Le Clos beat Michael Phelps in the event during the 2012 London Olympics – and spent the next four years not shutting up about it.
On Tuesday night, Le Clos didn’t even medal.
As for Phelps? After he got his victory, he raised his hands and basically said ‘come at me, bro.’
See photos of what happened below. And yup: This is more proof that you do not want to mess with Michael Phelps.
Not at all.
And with Twitter being Twitter, funny memes inevitably ensued:
You’re welcome. #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/NjDrYWgI3H
— Chris Kroeger (@Kroeger) August 10, 2016
.@chadleclos pic.twitter.com/uaWsRhIJie
— Dan Carson (@TheDoctorCarson) August 10, 2016
Yo @chadleclos pic.twitter.com/yd0QFcf7wg
— Dan Carson (@TheDoctorCarson) August 10, 2016
He's not human pic.twitter.com/S2zMrnENqn
— Igor Mello (@SuperIgor) August 10, 2016
Unrelated, here's David Hasselhoff celebrating. You're welcome ... I think.
Congratulations @MichaelPhelps you had your game face on #teamusa @USASwimming @NBCOlympics WOW So proud! pic.twitter.com/J0HsUaQZKE
— David Hasselhoff (@DavidHasselhoff) August 10, 2016
