Have You Seen This? Turkish Olympian wins silver, goes viral with no-frills pistol approach

Yusuf Dikec, left, competes in Olympic pistol shooting without any of the eye and ear gear seen on the right.

Yusuf Dikec, left, competes in Olympic pistol shooting without any of the eye and ear gear seen on the right. (Turkish Archives, X)


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CONTINENTAL HOTEL — John Wick. Jason Bourne. Yusuf Dikec.

The 51-year-old Turkish Olympian showed up to this week's 10 m air pistol mixed team competition without any of the fancy gear other shooters wore and took home silver alongside teammate Sevval Ilayda Tarhan, becoming a timeless internet icon on the way.

"Did Turkey send a hitman to the Olympics?" wondered one X user.

A pair of glasses and a hand in one pocket was all Dikec needed to make his mark and go home with some silverware around his neck.

"I did not need special equipment," Dikec said in a viral quote after the competition. "I'm a natural shooter."

Creative memes ranged from hand-drawn comics depicting Dikec's call-up to the Olympics and pop culture crossovers with Dikec lined up with John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in the famous Pulp Fiction shooting scene.

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Caleb Turner covers Real Salt Lake as the team's beat writer for KSL.com Sports. He also oversees the sports team's social media accounts.

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