I keep seeing him but can’t figure out his role in the memes. Is it random like the orb thing?
We’re used to people who compete at world class levels having the highest tech, equipment, and perfect poise.
This guy competed in an extremely casual way, and still won silver.
It’s just a humorous subversion of expectations, especially compared to some of the other competitors in the same sport.
Remember when the Olympics was about sending ordinary people who were good at a skill to compete, instead of a life-long career pushing body and tech to the edge to see who would win the arms race of a sport?
I don’t either, it’s been a while. As a 70s kid it was the same as it is now, just less knowledge of how to squeeze everything out of an athlete.
Don’t give up hope! We still have a long way to go in terms of optimal athlete squeezing 👍
There’s nothing wrong with his poise. He’s not wearing headgear besides his glasses, but otherwise he’s standing pretty much the same as other shooters. A lot of shooters wear eye shades or visors, but most of them stand like that. You place your off hand in your pocket, and lean back slightly to align the sights. It’s not the first time a shooter’s pose has gone viral for looking like a casual badass gangster.
see: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vitalina-batsarashkina-olympic-shooter-one-hand-stance/
And here are a bunch more shooters. Note how many aren’t wearing headgear or eye pieces.
https://img.olympics.com/images/image/private/t_16-9_380/f_auto/primary/aotouao8efquumuiekw6
It is such a perfect example of the internet that the woman in this pose is treated like a fool and the man with the exact same pose is some kind of badass.
This has nothing to do with male or female. It all started with the Korean women shooter looking badass with all her kit and pose. Then this middle age dad showed up with no kit, regular glasses and shot incredibly well looking like, yeah no big deal.
To be fair though the fancy equipment isn’t giving any sort of advantage or anything. It’s just applying prescription eyeglasses to shooting. Apart from that no difference with other competitors.
I’ve seen the photo of the Korean Olympic shooter. That headgear isn’t just prescription eyeglasses.
It’s intended to replace prescription eyeglasses because they are inconvenient to shoot with.
It has the same function, except tailored to shooting (only one eye). So you aren’t getting a noticeable advantage vs someone with perfect eyesight (otherwise it wouldnt be legal at olympics).