Chad le Clos reportedly said he still has nightmares about losing to Michael Phelps in their much-anticipated rematch in the Rio Olympic 200m butterfly.
“I wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat over that race,” le Clos said, according to Independent Online in South Africa.
In Rio, le Clos finished fourth in the 200m butterfly final, seven tenths of a second behind Phelps after famously turning his head to look at Phelps in the final 50 meters of the race.
In 2012, le Clos beat Phelps for Olympic gold by .