Yusuf Dikec, Turkish Shooting Athlete Viral Without Medium Equipment

Yusuf Dikec won a silver medal in the mixed number with Sevval Llayda Tarhan (Instagram/@yusufdikecofficial).

JAKARTA - A shooting athlete from Turkey, Yusuf Dikec, has gone viral on social media because he competed with his level-style equipment and was very relaxed.

Dicc competes with a t-shirt, one hand in pocket, standard glasses, and an expressionless face. Netizens don't even see him as an athlete, but ordinary people are even hitmen.

When fighting for the gold medal in the 10 meter air mixed team pistol, Dikec lost far to his opponent from Serbia, Damir Mikec.

Mikec wears a cover on one eye, a lens in the other, to a ear shield.

Never mind being compared to the opponent, Sevval Llayda Tarhan, who is the tandemya in the number, wears complete equipment.

Starting from large ear protections, eye protection, as well as red and white kepangs such as the Turkish flag.

However, despite losing equipment, Yusuf Dikec's appearance received praise. He was able to donate a silver medal in the number with Tarhan's tandem.

It was Turkey's first medal in shooting throughout its participation in the Olympics.

Not A New Player

Yusuf Dikec just stole the attention at the 2024 Paris Olympics with his eccentric style. However, he is not a new player.

This 51-year-old man has not appeared in every Olympics since the 2008 edition.

The style of the Dicc is consistent because athletes shooting have the freedom to dress for competition.

Many shooting athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics chose to wear eye protection to reduce lightlight or so-called eye coverings to get a better focus on others.

However, it turns out that what the public sees about the appearance of the Dick is not right. It is not true that the Turkish athlete was not wearing any shooting gear.

He still wears a yellow ear protection in the form of a yellow ear block to block the disturbance when shooting. The protector was not seen from the angle of the video that went viral on social media.

In fact, not only the Didic, who wears that type of ear protection. The Chinese shooter, Liu Yukun, won the gold medal number 50 meters rifle 3 positions with an ear block. In fact, he is not wearing a cover or eye shield at all.

It's just that, it's a relaxed style and the flat face of the Dick supports being branded as a firing athlete without equipment. In fact, he still pays attention to his safety.

Apart from that, Yusuf Dikec failed to bring a medal in the men's 10 meter air pistol. He was ranked 13th at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

He hopes to still appear in the next Olympics in 2028 and achieve higher achievements for Turkey.

"I hope next in Los Angeles (for) a gold medal," he said.