Darts: Unpacking 20 year old Katie Sheldon’s Women’s Gold Cup victory

Katie Sheldon’s Women’s Gold Cup performance saw her triumphant at the competition yesterday, with the 20 year old seeing off Robyn Byrne in the final to collect the win. 35 participants lined up at the start for the round robin stage, and across 57 matches and 10,681 darts thrown, 16 emerged from the pack for the knockout rounds. https://www.facebook.com/IrishNationalDartsOrganisation/videos/1596824840888118 There, …

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Noa-Lynn van Leuven Becomes First Transgender Player To Win Women’s and Men’s Dart Competitions

Darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven has become the first transgender player to clinch both a PDC Women’s Series event and a Challenger Tour title against male competitors, which in turn, has sparked much debate. Hailing from the Netherlands, van Leuven’s claimed the £2,500 top prize at the challenger event in Germany, where she outclassed several male PDC event to claim …

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