Michael Phelps: OHHHHH's shout out at Olympics

[weams]

We know Buck is Anti-Tebow....But

But once that medal went around his neck and the national anthem played, he clearly was in the moment and not thinking of another race to come.

The dead giveaway was the tears in his eyes.

"I was going through the last 16 years," he said, to his first Olympic swim in 2000. "That event was kind of my bread and butter. That was the last time I'll ever swim it."

Amid that reverie, something jarred him into laughter. It was the sound of some buddies accenting the "Oh" near the end of the Star Spangled Banner. That was something Orioles fans do back in Phelps' hometown of Baltimore - and it was something three of his friends did in the stands at Olympic Aquatics Stadium.

"That brought me right back to Camden Yards," Phelps said.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/why-michael-phelps-latest-olympic-masterpiece-may-have-been-his-best-yet-063301848.html?nhp=1

[weams]

My boys from Baltimore were down on the other end, and back in Maryland, we all say “O!” for the Orioles during that part of the National Anthem. And all of the sudden I hear them roar “O!” and I knew exactly where I came from, and I just lost it because those guys came down from Baltimore and New York City to be here, and it’s just special to see those guys in the stands.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/mystery-solved-why-phelps-burst-into-laughter-atop-the-olympic-podium-053152927.html

[Frobby]

I saw Phelps at an O's game I attended a few years back, sitting in my section. One more reason to root for the guy.

[srock]

Last night on the medal stand he broke out laughing because his "boy's down from Baltimore" roared a load OHHHH during the national anthem.

Freaking classic.

He told Michele Tafoya about it in the interview afterward.

Also, I'm shocked it took this long for this to get its own thread.

"And all of a sudden I hear them roar ‘Oh!,' and I knew exactly where it came from, and I just lost it, because those guys came down from Baltimore and New York City to be here, and it's just special to see those guys in the stand

[weams]

Last night on the medal stand he broke out laughing because his "boy's down from Baltimore" roared a load OHHHH during the national anthem.

Freaking classic.

He told Michele Tafoya about it in the interview afterward.

Also, I'm shocked it took this long for this to get its own thread.

Your title better reflected the content. Thanks.

[sportsfan8703]

Pretty awesome moment. We global now.

[Ruzious]

Pretty awesome moment. We global now.

Yeah, normally I don't like the OHHHH thing, but that was pretty cool. Good job, Mr. Phelps.

[MagicBird]

So thats what he laughed at . . . . . . .

[weams]

Yeah, normally I don't like the OHHHH thing, but that was pretty cool. Good job, Mr. Phelps.

Why not. It's our song.

[25 Nuggets]

Why not. It's our song.

It's our lyrics, the tune belongs to England.

[Crabcakes]

It's our lyrics, the tune belongs to England.

No, it was originally a Chuck Berry tune & The Beatles copied it & Berry sued for $2.8 mill .... pretty sure that's how it went down :laughlol: