Yusuf Dikeç delighted fans who were drawn to his calm, cool demeanor while competing for Turkey.
Rachel DeSantis is a staff writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously appeared in Entertainment Weekly and the New York Daily News.Yusuf Dikec, a Turkish Olympic silver medalist who shoots without special equipment, poses for a photo at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul on Aug. 1, 2024.thanks to his calm, cool demeanor. But despite what one viral post may claim, his own heart is doing just fine.
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