We need Olympic star shooters Yusuf Dikec and Kim Yeji in a video game
Turkish air pistol shooter Yusuf Dikec has become an unlikely Olympic star after winning the silver medal at the 2024 Paris Games.
The 51-year-old won silver without any special equipment (lenses, eye covers, ear protection) and has subsequently been likened to a hitman, though he's in fact competed in every Summer Olympics since 2008.
His seeming nonchalance has been compared online to South Korean markswoman Kim Yeji, who also won silver in her event and has won over fans for just being impeccably cool.
Naturally, both sporting heroes have become the subject of video game memes.
To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings PlayStation live-service Concord won't sell you a battle pass - but would it be more successful if it did?Watch on YouTubeIf you haven't seen the specific video, Yeji has been given "Main Character Energy" with this clip going viral, although it's actually resurfaced from the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in May.
The most "Main Character Energy" I've ever seen in my life.pic.twitter.com/ExuXVxB3VB
— Del (@TheCartelDel) July 30, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsThis image of Dikec, meanwhile, with hand in pocket, is what's proved so inspirational.
The Olympic #shootingsport stars we didn’t know we needed.
🇰🇷 Kim Yeji 🤝 Yusuf Dikeç 🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/gfkyGjFg4I
One player recreated the pair in Tekken 8, which caught the attention of game director Katsuhiro Harada.
lol
やめれ(笑) https://t.co/iFh04SpW8b
Though if they were actually in fighting games, their movesets would be very opposite.
Kim Yeji and #無課金おじさん explained for fighting gamers pic.twitter.com/0wTuWG60bO
— Esteban Martinez (@TheBesteban) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsX user Luisiiki has compared both shooters to Kim Kitsuragi and Harrier Du Bois from RPG Disco Elysium.
KIM KITSURAGI - "Don't worry officer, let me take care of this one." https://t.co/hqPP1dHFwC pic.twitter.com/H2xInNlK4R
— Luisiiki (@luisiiki) July 31, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsDon't worry about him, just some intrusive thoughts https://t.co/eB0FCRwYBl pic.twitter.com/tVhidtrRfD
— Luisiiki (@luisiiki) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsDikec especially has been recreated as multiple characters, here as a Persona character, a Hitman protagonist, Red Dead protagonist, and Koana from Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail.
https://t.co/imqnm0pYuz pic.twitter.com/Vb8WTIPwCZ
— MrReload0 (@KaibaTheEpic) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsTurkish hitman he is a icon pic.twitter.com/eZCtwtWphO
— IW | Kicking Machine (@KickingMachinee) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsTurkish John Wick indeed! 😂 That's one way to redefine "keep it simple, stupid." No frills, just skills. This guy is the real deal! 🎯🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/z7vHRb7m8a
— Shubham (@ShubhamQuest) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsI don't have an excuse for this https://t.co/kLNZFjUzh4 pic.twitter.com/PsdasnP90N
— Bakuzen @🦋 (@bakuze_n) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsOutside of video games, there are plenty of iterations of the pair as anime characters too.
Who you got? 🇰🇷 vs 🇹🇷 #Olympics #김예지 #YusufDikec pic.twitter.com/koe0b02D0i
— Jay Kim (@luckymong1) August 1, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings劇場版、パリオリンピック射撃。
無課金おじさんよ、永遠にーーー pic.twitter.com/hBRqmFbXmU
And here's Yeji as Arcane lead character Jynx.
💥💥💥#KIMYEJI #ARCANE https://t.co/BXw00tvJTk pic.twitter.com/HItmcHFGvc
— tetra🤘🏼 (@heledrawz) July 31, 2024 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settingsAll we need now is for Yeji and Dikec to be actually added to a video game. Modders, I'm looking at you.
As for video games based on the Olympics, if you're missing a Mario & Sonic game this year it's all because the IOC is focused instead on NFTs and esports.
