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Can anyone explain to me why this guy became a meme? I'm out of the loop
Most competitive shooters are using special equipment and he looks comparatively very casual.
Most Olympic athletes are young and wear fashion athletic clothes donated by endorsers who help pay them. In addition in the shooting category you're (as I understand it) allowed a certain amount of tech to help you out. This man is older, didn't wear the endorsed fashion clothes or the tech and won ~~gold~~ silver so he feels like a rare "every man" win in the Olympics. He is not an "every man" (believe he's a decorated military and police man in his country), but a lot more people can relate to him winning ~~gold~~ silver than a 14 year old who's been training for this since diapers in a fashion house outfit.
He won silver in the pairs event.
Oof I feel bad for his partner had no idea he was in pairs from the way he's been talked/meme'd about....
He got silvers because of his teammate.
That’s still silver.
https://emeatribune.com/2024-olympics-meet-yusuf-dikec-the-latest-viral-star-of-the-glasses-olympics/
He went pow pow at the Olympics
Those little guns go pew pew.
It's more like puff puff because they're air pistols