Citius, Altius, Pornius (2024 Olympic Hotties)

[Ananas Astra]

Nobody beats the Turkish shooting dude.

 

[Jayar]

Does anybody remember the German? sprinter from 2021? Where is he?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Thomas!

Gabby Thomas on Instagram: "Women’s 200m final tonight 🇺🇸 9:40pm local time/ 3:40 ET ❤️💙 #Paris2024 #Olympics"

261K likes, 2,710 comments - gabbythomas on August 6, 2024: "Women’s 200m final tonight 🇺🇸 9:40pm local time/ 3:40 ET ❤️💙 #Paris2024 #Olympics".

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[Alilou]

Nobody beats the Turkish shooting dude.

Setting the record straight about the Turkish shooting dude:
She is more responsible for their high finish:
"It seems that even those who are not interested in sports and do not follow the Olympic Games have already read about the "50-year-old Turkish man who showed up at the competition in a wrinkled T-shirt, without special equipment, and took the Olympic silver without even taking his hand out of his pocket."
"Surely, Turkey sent some kind of hitman to Paris!" social media marvels.
In the blink of an eye, Yusuf Dikec, a previously unknown figure outside professional circles, a retired gendarmerie officer and professional shooter, became a global internet meme and sensation.
Everything is great! The moral of this story could be: no matter how old you are, keep doing what you love, and your best achievements may still lie ahead, even if you are an athlete over 50!
But another nuance caught my attention.
The fact is, Yusuf Dikec did not win the Olympic silver alone. It was a team event. Shooting alongside him was his colleague Sevval Ilayda Tarhan. In the same T-shirt, in the same pose, and also with minimal equipment.
The only difference is that he is 51, and she is 24. He began professional shooting around the time she was born.
Dikec is an excellent shooter with a plethora of medals from prestigious competitions, but he had never made it to the Olympic podium until his young partner grew up and competed with him on the same team.
If we look at the individual performances of these shooters in the same discipline where they took silver as a team, we will see that Tarhan finished 7th, while Dikec only came in 13th.
Now let's trace how mass consciousness works: we simply do not notice the woman standing next to him. It does not matter who she is, how she is dressed, how she shoots, or how unique her achievement is. We only see the man in the "wrinkled T-shirt," deliberately nonchalant, and create a romantic image of a "hitman." We spread a photograph in which he is shooting alone, and the result of this shooting is 13th place! Yet, we declare that he won "silver."
Why does the logic of mass culture work this way? After all, patriarchy has long ceased to exist, feminism is unnecessary, equality has been achieved, at least in Paris 2024 for sure!
This is how patriarchal myths about great male victories are born before our eyes. These images are entrenched in culture and shape our thinking. Meanwhile, women's contributions and achievements are simply erased from history. It was like this before. Unfortunately, it still happens today."

Translated text.
Original text from Maya Guseynova

 

[Ananas Astra]

Setting the record straight about the Turkish shooting dude:
She is more responsible for their high finish:
"It seems that even those who are not interested in sports and do not follow the Olympic Games have already read about the "50-year-old Turkish man who showed up at the competition in a wrinkled T-shirt, without special equipment, and took the Olympic silver without even taking his hand out of his pocket."
"Surely, Turkey sent some kind of hitman to Paris!" social media marvels.
In the blink of an eye, Yusuf Dikec, a previously unknown figure outside professional circles, a retired gendarmerie officer and professional shooter, became a global internet meme and sensation.
Everything is great! The moral of this story could be: no matter how old you are, keep doing what you love, and your best achievements may still lie ahead, even if you are an athlete over 50!
But another nuance caught my attention.
The fact is, Yusuf Dikec did not win the Olympic silver alone. It was a team event. Shooting alongside him was his colleague Sevval Ilayda Tarhan. In the same T-shirt, in the same pose, and also with minimal equipment.
The only difference is that he is 51, and she is 24. He began professional shooting around the time she was born.
Dikec is an excellent shooter with a plethora of medals from prestigious competitions, but he had never made it to the Olympic podium until his young partner grew up and competed with him on the same team.
If we look at the individual performances of these shooters in the same discipline where they took silver as a team, we will see that Tarhan finished 7th, while Dikec only came in 13th.
Now let's trace how mass consciousness works: we simply do not notice the woman standing next to him. It does not matter who she is, how she is dressed, how she shoots, or how unique her achievement is. We only see the man in the "wrinkled T-shirt," deliberately nonchalant, and create a romantic image of a "hitman." We spread a photograph in which he is shooting alone, and the result of this shooting is 13th place! Yet, we declare that he won "silver."
Why does the logic of mass culture work this way? After all, patriarchy has long ceased to exist, feminism is unnecessary, equality has been achieved, at least in Paris 2024 for sure!
This is how patriarchal myths about great male victories are born before our eyes. These images are entrenched in culture and shape our thinking. Meanwhile, women's contributions and achievements are simply erased from history. It was like this before. Unfortunately, it still happens today."

Translated text.
Original text from Maya Guseynova

tl; dr.

But the memes are absolutely hilarious and dude's looking fit for a 51-year-old.

 

[Alilou]

tl; dr.

But the memes are absolutely hilarious and dude's looking fit for a 51-year-old.

Well yeah, but he's no hero. In the individual comp he came 13th, and his 24 yr old female partner came 7th. And the silver was both of them. He didn't get that silver alone, but she's barely mentioned.

 

[miffy]

Skateboarder Pedro Barros looks like the other boys’ dad out there but he’s looking pretty good, one of those better with age guys. Struggling to find a good recent pic.

Maybe this one

 

[Ananas Astra]

Skateboarder Pedro Barros looks like the other boys’ dad out there but he’s looking pretty good, one of those better with age guys. Struggling to find a good recent pic.

Maybe this one

He also seems pretty cool. I'd have a beer with him.

 

[On My Own]

He didn't get that silver alone, but she's barely mentioned.

It's the "porny" thread.

 

[Alilou]

It's the "porny" thread.

I didn't mean here, I meant across all media, especially SM - he's the big hero with all the memes, and the silver medal, and she's pretty much erased as if he got that silver medal alone. The irony is the meme photos of him alone are in the individual competition, where he came 13th, and where she came 7th!

 

[Jayar]

Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Thomas!

Gabby Thomas on Instagram: "Women’s 200m final tonight 🇺🇸 9:40pm local time/ 3:40 ET ❤️💙 #Paris2024 #Olympics"

261K likes, 2,710 comments - gabbythomas on August 6, 2024: "Women’s 200m final tonight 🇺🇸 9:40pm local time/ 3:40 ET ❤️💙 #Paris2024 #Olympics".

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I work with her mom

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I work with her mom

I feel like her mom must be great. Gabby is so smart and poised and talented.

 

[On My Own]

Well instead of Boheng, here's a much more SFW tweet about the Chinese men swimming team

https://twitter.com/x/status/1822136396070388078

 

[Coco]

Late nomination, forgive the 4 seconds tardiness ...

Dr. Phillip Doyle, rower, and possible suspect from a Midsomer Murders episode.

Philip Doyle on Instagram: "Merci Dublin - some buzz in the place! So proud to bring home a necklace for Ireland #olympics #paris2024 #homecoming 📸 @sportsfile"

4,087 likes, 25 comments - philipdoyle2 on August 13, 2024: "Merci Dublin - some buzz in the place! So proud to bring home a necklace for Ireland #olympics #paris2024 #homecoming 📸 @sportsfile".

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