The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one!
MICHAEL SMITH IS CHAMPION OF THE WORLD! 🏆
The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one!
Dare to dream. pic.twitter.com/36PxPY5W8q
— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) January 3, 2023
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For context, Michael Smith has lost eight PDC major finals in a row including the World Darts Championship final in 2019 and 2022. He finally got over the hump.
One of the best matches ever purely for the nine dart leg.
What a ridiculous final.
I’m still bewildered by the 9-darter.
Wow, Smith will go on to win more World Championships now, I’m sure of it.
The best leg: https://old.reddit.com/r/Darts/comments/102j82k/best_leg_in_darts_history_enjoy/
[Click here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcL6bRdbO-4) for the “greatest leg in darts history” everyone will be mentioning.
Probably the best game of darts I’ve ever seen. Definitely the best final. The nine darter was insane.
I CAN’T SPAKE. I CAN’T SPAKE.
Feels like I’ve been waiting for this day for half my life. So proud of my boy! It’s hard to explain to those who don’t watch darts all year round just how many agonising disappointments this man has gone through to get to this point. Given that to my mind he is probably one of the top 3 most naturally talented darts players to ever live, his career, while still very good, has been a series of calamitous near misses which unfortunately came to define him and weigh upon him. Many of us always said that if he finally got over the line in a big one, as he did in the grand slam two months ago, the floodgates would open.
Well… here comes the flood.
Why was he born to be WC?
Not afraid to say it brought a tear to my eye when he clinched the win. Bloody fantastic
As someone who has never watched, and never will, good on em
Why did he go for double 8 at the end instead of single 16?
The Bully Boy. After last year’s disappointment. Amazing. Bravo, sir.
[Who do you think you are I am!?](https://youtu.be/gKQOXYB2cd8)
Two Michaels enter, one Michael leaves
Destiny seems like a bit of embellishment when talking about a bar game
Was there a dart throwing prophecy that I didn’t know about?
What a leg of darts though, absolutely mental
Darts is so fuckin lit
Just needs a bendy bully now too
Usually it’s relevant to name the sport in your title, especially if it’s not a household name
Going to this is on my bucket list. And I don’t even have a bucket list.
Cringe headline, but well deserved win. The final was quite good.
Where exactly is this held? Like the city and venue.
What’s up with the “born to be world champion”?