Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. So it’s not surprising that when he enters a room, even world champions don’t feel worthy.
Great Britain’s Rio Games silver medalist and 2015 swimming world champion Daniel Wallace couldn’t hide his Olympic feelings for Phelps this week. The 23-year-old demonstrated the proper etiquette for encountering an athlete with more than 20 Olympic gold medals: bowing.
Check him out in the background as Phelps passes him in Rio de Janeiro below:
Look familiar?
Phelps, as usual, was in the zone and noticed none of it.
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