Michael Phelps added two more Olympic gold medals to his record total on Tuesday night after leading Team USA to victory in the 4×200 freestyle relay less than an hour after defeating his arch nemesis Chad Le Clos.
Phelps pumped his fist in celebration as he saw off Le Clos in the men’s 200m butterfly to win his twentieth Olympic gold medal earlier in the evening – and later admitted it was ‘revenge.’
‘There was so much emotion and so much build up for that race,’ Phelps later said of the race. ‘I don’t want to say it’s revenge, but that’s what it was.’
The most decorated Olympian in history has apparently never forgiven the South African upstart for prizing away ‘his’ title in the event by five hundredths of a second in London 2012.
It was evident when Phelps was caught giving his rival a filthy stare before Monday night’s semi-final – which Twitter users immediately flipped into memes poking fun at Phelps, including transforming his ‘death stare’ into Star Wars villain Darth Maul.
But Phelps let his unparalleled athleticism do the talking as he raised the roof off the Olympic pool with yet another epic performance, taking the lead early on and holding on easily to regain the title.
Phelps, 31, who would have had four successive wins in the event but for that London race, looked exhausted after then anchoring Team USA’s relay team to victory to amass a record-extending 25 Olympic medals.
(Sourced from agencies, Feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
