Luke Littler, The Chosen One of Darts

I never realized how big professional darts is in Europe, specially in the UK. I started following it last year during the 2023 PDC World Championship where 16-year-old (!!) Luke Littler shocked the world by making it all the way to the final and finishing as runner-up.

Littler has continued to perform at an incredible elite level this year; and today, he won the prestigious Premier League!

The video below is of today’s final, where he hits a nine-darter: a perfect leg where the minimum amounts of darts are thrown to reach 501. According to Wikipedia:

“It is regarded as an extremely difficult feat to achieve even for the sport's top players, and is considered the highest single-game achievement in the sport, similar to a maximum 147 break in snooker or a 300-point game in bowling”.

Darts can be so fun and exciting! Watch the video and see it for yourself!

Breaking records left and right as the “youngest to do X” gives me “Lebron-the-Chosen-One”, Tiger Woods prodigy, type of vibes.