Wright, the bird of paradise, celebrates the World Cup coup in such an unusual way

Tears here, tears there: After a highly emotional and turbulent World Cup tournament, darts world champion Peter Wright and the defeated Michael Smith provided the appropriate final images.

After the thrilling 7:5, “Snakebite” Wright first raised the huge Sid Waddell Trophy several times, then the 51-year-old Scot hopped from right to left and back again to his opening music “Don't stop the party” by Pitbull. The bitterly disappointed Englishman Smith had to cry several times on darts' biggest stage. The wait for his first major title continues for him.

Michael Smith threw everything into the balance - but in the end in vain. © APA/afp / ADRIAN DENNIS

Wright, on the other hand, joins an illustrious ranks. Only six players have achieved two world championship titles or more in the PDC world association. In front of the colorfully coiffed Scot, these were the Englishman Phil Taylor (14 titles), the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen (three) as well as Gary Anderson (Scotland), Adrian Lewis (England) and John Part from Canada (two each). "I'm so happy. I did it,” said Wright, who is moving very close to Primus Gerwyn Price from Wales in the world rankings and could overtake him in 2022. First place has been a declared goal of his for a long time. A cup or two of tea “The Flying Scotsman”, as Gary Anderson is known, congratulated on Twitter. The evening before he had lost the direct duel against his compatriot 4:6. Wright had won difficult games on three consecutive nights against England's Callan Rydz (5:4), Anderson and Smith. But the veteran wasn't thinking about a big celebration to mark the triumph and prize money of 500.000 pounds (around 595.000 euros). "There's no party, but a cup of tea or two," Wright said at DAZN . He is too old for more.

The World Cup tournament, which had meanwhile drifted into Corona chaos, ultimately came to a conciliatory end. Half a dozen positive tests among players caused anger and several game cancellations. The most prominent victim was the Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, who was eliminated without a fight after a positive test. The spectator situation didn't change until the end. The “Ally Pally” in north London was allowed to operate at full capacity over the three weeks.

Unlike usual, this time the world association PDC decided not to announce the ten starters for the Premier League after the World Cup final. World champion Wright, Primus Price as well as van Gerwen and the Englishman James Wade are above the ranking list. There is no way around the heartbroken World Cup finalist Smith, just like Anderson and the Welshman Jonny Clayton, who won four major tournaments in 2021. The next big darts tournament is the Masters (January 28th to 30th).

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Wright, the bird of paradise, celebrates the World Cup coup in such an unusual way

He played an epic World Cup, is now the big star in the darts sky and is also almost 600.000 euros richer: Peter Wright. But “Snakebite” savors its great triumph in a way that doesn’t match its flashy appearance.

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