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Michael Phelps' son Boomer is stealing the show

Michael Phelps has been making headlines recently, yet even with all of this attention it has been his adorable son Boomer who has started to steal the thunder from his father.

The baby's antics has the social world buzzing

Michael Phelps of USA kisses his son Boomer following the medal ceremony for the men's 200m butterfly on day 4 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. His son has started to steal the spotlight with his adorable antics. (Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

By Aaron Stern, CBC Sports

With 21 Olympic gold medals (and a #PhelpsFace) to his credit, Michael Phelps has been dominating the headlines recently. Yet, even with all of this attention, it's been the swimmer's adorable son Boomer who has started to steal the spotlight from his father.

The three-month-old social media darling recreated his father's #Phelpsface with a death stare that matched up to the original:

There was a great moment after Phelps won his 20th Olympic gold medal where he went over and gave big, bad Boomer a smooch. The tyke just played it off like a boss:

If you're as big of a fan of this world-class baby as we are, then you can check out much more of Boomer on his personal Instagram account:

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