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By Anmol Alphonso Turkish pistol shooter Yusuf Dikec became a social media sensation for his seemingly casual attitude while shooting his way to a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Along with a slew of memes about Dikec, several social media posts have gone viral, falsely claiming that the 51-year-old was a mechanic who recently took up shooting as a sport after a tumultuous divorce. However, Dikec is no newcomer as he has competed at every Summer Olympics since 2008. He is a former officer of the Turkish Gendarmerie, Türkiye’s paramilitary police force. Along with Sevval Ilayda Tarhan,…

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