The cool, calm, and collected Turkish pistol shooter has found himself in the grips of online fandom while securing a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
Yusuf Dikec, alongside his partner Sevval Ilayda Tarhan, took second place in the mixed team 10-meter air pistol event. But what noticeably stood out was Dikec’s lack of gear— special lenses or big ear protectors—for the competition.
The most-shared images show Dikec shooting in a T-shirt with one hand in his pocket,…