“Fraudster”: A darts world champion is outraged

The dethroned darts world champion Gerwyn Price initially refrained from major analyzes or balance sheets after the quarter-final exit in the title fights in London. Instead, after the 4-5 defeat against England's Michael Smith on Sunday night, he wrote somewhat cryptically on Instagram: "Cheats", which means something like "cheater" in German, and added an emoji showing a thumbs up . The message was clearly aimed at a fan who repeatedly disturbed the defending champions at Alexandra Palace. The “Iceman”, as Price is called, felt so irritated during the high-class quarterfinals that he even briefly interrupted his series of throws to inform the referee about the troublemaker. Winner Smith explained after the game: “Someone from behind kept calling my name, that got me out too.” Not very popular Despite his great success, the muscle-bound Price is not particularly popular and was often booed and whistled, especially at the World Cup in London. The 36-year-old world number one and world champion from Wales managed a so-called nine-darter (nine throws from 501 to zero points) in the quarterfinals against Michael Smith late on Saturday evening, but he then narrowly lost the high-class duel with the English world-class player 4:5 . Price's nine-darter was already the third at the current World Championships, something like this has never happened before in the history of the tournament. Previously, at the 2022 World Cup, the Scot William Borland (December 17th) and the Lithuanian Darius Labanauskas (December 18th) played the perfect game. In addition to Smith, James Wade (England), Gary Anderson and Peter Wright (both Scotland) also reached the semi-finals. Wright now faces Anderson, Smith faces Wade.

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“Fraudster”: A darts world champion is outraged

A post on social media is causing a stir in the darts world.

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