Olympics: Michael Phelps’ glare at rival inspires #PhelpsFace memes aplenty

Phelps opened his fifth Olympics on Sunday night by helping the U.S.to gold in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

However, after years of dominating the event at their top worldwide meet, the US finished second to Great Britain at the 2015 world championships. They’ll both race in tonight’s final, being billed as the “rematch in Rio”, as Phelps goes for the 20th gold medal of his career. “I was trying to not even look at him”.

When Phelps, 31, stopped the clock at one minute 53.36 seconds he had become the oldest ever victor of an individual Olympic swimming event.

Le Clos, who won a 200m freestyle silver yesterday, reacted fastest than Phelps at the start but it was Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh who led at the turn with Phelps second and Le Clos third.

Phelps’ time of one minute, 53.36 seconds was off his 1:51.51 world record set at the 2009 World Championships, in the height of the rubberized supersuit era.

Phelps now has 24 Olympic medals with the chance of another later on Tuesday in the 4×200 freestyle relay.

Oh, and he ended up beating Le Clos in the race.

This time, Phelps made sure it was a different story, rising out of the water after his first place finish, wagging his finger in the air.

By touching the wall in a personal best of 47.93 seconds Condorelli is in the neighbourhood for the podium.

Chad released a statement shortly before the Rio Olympics when he announced his parents’ situation, and he said that he hoped that they would be able to make it to Rio to cheer him on again.

He won the 200m fly ahead of a fast-finishing Masato Sakai of Japan.

American Katie Ledecky crushed her own world record in the 400 freestyle Sunday night, touching almost 5 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer, and now focuses on the women’s 200 meter freestyle.