Michael Phelps won a silver medal in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Olympics in London, but silver medals just make him mad. And so we get the first great meme of the 2016 Games in Rio, as Phelps prepared himself mentally for the semifinals in that event on Monday.
Phelps doesn’t appear to be impressed with the antics of South Africa’s Chad le Clos, getting warmed up right in his face.
The event will go off at 7 p.m. ET on NBC prime time (with live streaming). Also today, women’s 200m free final, women’s 200m IM final, men’s 4x200m free final.