Michael Phelps is quite possibly the greatest Olympian of all time, he has now secured his 20th and 21st overall gold medals.
The Baltimore native Phelps began laughing hysterically while being given the gold.
Here’s why…
From USA Today:
Michael Phelps won his 20th gold medal when he beat rival Chad le Clos in the 200m butterfly on Tuesday night. He then got up on the top of the winner’s podium, as winners are wont to do, and looked very emotional as the national anthem of the United States began to play. But then, as soon as the crowd started singing, he absolutely lost it. He kept looking to the side of the camera, cracking up for the rest of the medal ceremony like a kid in an elementary school math class whose friends just told a killer joke while the teacher was talking. And it turns out that that’s basically what happened.
After anchoring the 4x200m freestyle relay later that night (where he then won his 21st gold), Phelps told an NBC reporter that he was laughing because his “boys from Baltimore” sitting poolside yelled out “OOOOO!” instead of singing “Oh, say can you see…” during the national anthem. This is a tradition at Orioles games — fans yell “O” extra loud in homage to their beloved birds.
And Phelps loved it. You can see the moment he realizes what just happened:
Phelps heard the "O" during the anthem pic.twitter.com/s11m18A2ni
— Jamo (@jameson2111) August 10, 2016
idk what michael phelps was laughing at on the podium but it made my entire year
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