Paris Olympics on channels 26.7.–11.8. Go to the competition website here. You can find the entire program of the games here.
One of the absolutely positive phenomena of the Olympics is that surprising characters, stories, personalities and cultures receive attention. Many sports or athletes that don’t normally make headlines are momentarily in the global spotlight.
Perhaps the most spectacular example of this at the Paris Olympics can be found on the shooting range.
South Korea Kim Ye-ji31, took silver in the women’s 10m air pistol.
The expression is focused, but at the same time somehow indifferent. The position is a strange backbend, but still so relaxed. On the head are special glasses that help the performance, and the outfit is completed by an elephant stuffed toy that belongs to his daughter.
Also the Olympics official website reported on the “coolest” athlete of the Olympics.
On the Olympic page, it is painted that Kim stands out with her “epic” style with her customized glasses.
– They look like something out of a sci-fi movie and are popular with shooters because they help avoid misalignment. They include a lens, glasses and a mechanical iris.
– Kim not only wears these glasses, but her elegant demeanor and body language make it unique.
Earlier this year, the South Korean broke the world record at the World Championships with a distance of 25 meters. Then he casually shot the cap backwards.
The glowing of the Olympic websites is not just useless advertising, because Kim has really become quite a viral phenomenon on social media. He has been compared to, among other things, James Bond or hoped to be the next Bond actor. In addition, he is compared to many superheroes from manga comics that are very popular in Asia.
Big media houses and public figures have also paid attention to Kim.
– He should get a role in an action movie. It wouldn’t require acting, he wrote Elon Musk.
The well-known fashion magazine GQ also listed Kim’s habitus as the coolest style of the Olympics. According to GQ Kim glares like by Ridley Scott action heroes in movies.
Chin length hair, low ponytail, white baseball cap with matching black anorak with zipper, black track pants and custom red Sauer pistol boots. Slim-rimmed shooting glasses with hinged lenses and a 19th-century silhouette match silver rings and piercings.
Among other things, GQ magazine analyzed it.
– The biggest aura I’ve ever seen in a picture, previously wrote the social account Women Posting W’s publication, which is one of the starting points of Kim’s viral phenomenon.
The Athletic writes From the most stylish athlete at the Paris Olympics, the South Korean superstar who looks like an expert diamond trader or a sci-fi army rebel.
– The consensus on social media seemed to be that Kim looked like some action movie assassin, a killer from the future who doesn’t need your clothes, shoes or motorcycle because she looks cool enough in her own gear.
On the website of the International Shooting Sports Federation, Kim lists sleeping as his only hobby. He is from Maepo, about 100 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and now lives in nearby Danyang.
– I don’t feel any pressure at all. There is a reason for my self-confidence, Kim stated after setting a world record at the World Championships in the spring.
Then Kim announced that he has nothing left to prove, but in Paris he will of course win gold.
However, the gold was won by the earthling Oh Ye-jin, who wept profusely. He said he can’t believe his gold medal.
Kim was not particularly sorry for the loss, but cheered for the winner.
– She is like my little sister. I always want to care for him and be there for him. So when he won the gold medal, I was very happy. I don’t consider him my competition. These are big games, we won gold and silver. When we won the medals, we were so proud to be Koreans.
Kim said she can’t wait to tell her daughter about her success. Kim was asked what she was going to say about becoming such a big phenomenon.
– I think I’ve become a bit famous now.
We still get to enjoy Kimi, because she competes in the 25-meter air pistol qualification on Friday, and is the biggest gold medal favorite.
Another viral phenomenon emerged from the shooting scene. 51 year old from Turkey Yusuf Dikecwho won silver in the mixed team competition in the 10-meter air pistol By Sevval Ilayda Tarhan with. It was Turkey’s first ever Olympic shooting medal.
Like Kim, Dikec became a huge phenomenon on social media and the news of the world’s major media houses.
For the Turk, the most striking thing was the lack of jewelry, casualness and non-gesture. He didn’t wear special glasses or hearing protection, of course earplugs were found. Shooting all your crowns with one hand in your pocket.
Dikec has also been compared to James Bond. In addition, social media has been filled with pictures in which Dikec has been modified, for example, into various movie advertisements.
Many were surprised that Dike does not use an eyepatch to cover his other eye, or other lens adjustments. Farewell to the winning team, Serbia to Zorana Arunovic and to Damir Mikec was quite.
– I shoot with both eyes, most shooters do it with one. So I don’t want all that equipment. I think shooting with two is better. I have studied it a lot, Dikec told Turkish radio station Radyo Gol According to CNN.
Hand-in-pocket shooting is not about style, he stated. It’s about him feeling comfortable in his position. Dikec said that the position is actually very balanced and helps with concentration.
It has been written on social media that Dikec looks like he just got out of bed when he shoots. To some, he looks like he’s hanging out on the terrace of his home.
– Imagine if he turned around and said “ok, job done, who’s next”, in X is asked.
Instead, the sports editor of Salon Seudun Sanomat Juha Tuuna you just offered an interesting comparison.
– Congratulations What “Lad” The promontory shooting Olympic silver! A nice continuation of the Lillehammer and Nagano bronzes!