Viral Olympic shooters Yusuf Dikec and Kim Ye-ji unfazed by web storm | Paris Olympics 2024 Information

Turkish Olympic capturing medallist Yusuf Dikec says he’s unfazed by his newfound fame after his informal type with no headwear and a hand in his pocket made him an in a single day web sensation.

Dikec and associate Sevval Ilayda Tarhan gained silver on Tuesday within the blended crew 10-metre (10.9-yard) air pistol, dropping to Serbia within the gold medal match.

However it was Dikec’s posture that caught consideration as a lot because the outcome. The marksman wore normal glasses, a crew T-shirt and had his left hand casually slung in his pocket.

Aside from his pistol, he notably had not one of the specialised gear utilized by athletes within the hyperprecise occasion like headphones, particular lenses or a hat.

“Be cool like Yusuf Dikec. Congratulations on successful the silver medal in such a cool manner,” France’s embassy in Turkey wrote in a submit on X in Turkish.

“The title’s Dikec. Yusuf Dikec,” mentioned posts by different customers in reference to cinema icon James Bond. Some memes added a cigarette to his mouth to emphasize the relaxed posture.

Talking to Turkish channel TGRT Haber, Dikec acknowledged he had adopted the uncommon strategy of capturing with each eyes open whereas most athletes preserve one closed or obscured.

“My capturing approach is likely one of the uncommon capturing strategies on the earth. I shoot with each eyes open. Even the referees are shocked by this,” he mentioned on Thursday.

He mentioned successful a medal was no shock as a result of “this 12 months we ready loads and labored loads. … This success belongs to all of Turkey.”

“Success doesn’t come along with your arms in your pockets.”

Some social media customers instructed equal consideration also needs to be given to his capturing associate within the blended occasion, Tarhan, who photos confirmed adopted an equally informal hand-in-pocket stance, albeit sporting headphones and a visor.

Turkish Sports activities Minister Osman Askin Bak congratulated Dikec on social media, posting a photograph of him recreating his now “legendary pose”.

Clutching a Turkish flag and their medals, Dikec and Tarhan each celebrated their victory on the Champions Park on the Trocadero complicated in Paris on Wednesday.

The Olympic #shootingsport stars we didn’t know we wanted.

🇰🇷 Kim Yeji 🤝 Yusuf Dikeç 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/gfkyGjFg4I

— The Olympic Video games (@Olympics) August 1, 2024

South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji brings ‘foremost character vitality’

Earlier within the week, a South Korean Olympic sharpshooter who took silver within the girls’s 10-metre air pistol additionally went viral.

Carrying her black South Korea uniform zipped as much as the neck, a baseball hat and wire-rimmed capturing glasses, 31-year-old Kim was virtually preternaturally calm in movies exhibiting her and her teammate locking up the highest two capturing scores in Paris on Sunday.

After her win, a 27-second clip exhibiting Kim with the identical ultra-calm method taking intention, capturing her weapon and checking her record-breaking rating went viral.

The video, which seems to have been shared first in a Reddit thread, really reveals Kim on the Baku World Cup in Could, not in Paris.

However at the same time as social media platform X flagged some posts for sharing the footage out of context, the video continued to unfold on-line alongside photos of Kim from Paris.

Kim was rapidly declared “the coldest type star of this 12 months’s Video games” by type journal GQ.

“The primary-time Olympian took to the vary on the Chateauroux Capturing Centre wanting like an ultra-contemporary, sportswear-wearing sci-fi murderer,” GQ mentioned.

One video submit that declared Kim to have “probably the most foremost character vitality” racked up greater than 28 million views in a day.

The footage has spawned fan artwork of Kim, a number of edits setting the clip to Ok-pop music and limitless memes, together with some discussing her distinctive “aura”.

Kim, who’s ranked first within the girls’s 10-metre air pistol and fourth within the 25-metre pistol, will likely be capturing once more this week in Paris.

For Kim, the 25-metre occasion is definitely her speciality – and followers will get to look at her in preliminaries on Friday and the finals the next day.

“I’m assured on a regular basis. … I, Kim Ye-ji, am going to win gold it doesn’t matter what,” she informed reporters.

Kim, who lists her hobbies as “sleeping”, informed South Korean media that she was wanting ahead to chatting with her five-year-old daughter in any case her occasions are over.

When requested what she desires to inform her, Kim mentioned gleefully of her new on-line notoriety: “I feel I’ve turn out to be a bit well-known now.”