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Are they not the people with steampunk glasses in the memes?
Nope, it was Serbia’s Damir Mikec and Zorana Arunovic.
Damir Mikec's eye wear looked more like something made from lego technic:
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/sports/turkish-olympic-shooter-yusuf-dikec-goes-viral-for-his-relaxed-attitude-at-paris-2024-34729/
....and he's gotten no love for having beaten all these meme based characters.
I feel like this is a great statment on how "meritocracy" works IRL