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People can’t believe age of youngest European darts player just months after Luke Littler went viral

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Updated 18:39 8 Mar 2024 GMTPublished 18:30 8 Mar 2024 GMT

People can’t believe age of youngest European darts player just months after Luke Littler went viral

There is a darts player younger than Luke Littler and people can’t believe his age.

Mia Williams

Mia Williams

There is a darts player younger than Luke Littler and people can’t believe his age.

The entire world was shook when they found out how old Luke Littler really was.

With that much talent, there was little pointing anyone in the direction that he is just 17.

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The professional darts player was born in 2007, making him younger than 'Unfaithful' by Rihanna and 'SexyBack' by Justin Timberlake.

Imagine not being present for the release of those tunes.

Europe has now found an even younger professional darts player, who fans have said makes Luke look like a ‘toddler’.

Luke was the youngest-ever World Championship finalist.
Instagram/@lukethenukelittler.

Luke was the youngest-ever World Championship finalist and narrowly lost the PDC World Darts Final against Luke Humphries in January.

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Despite the loss, Luke has since said that it’s crazy to think that being the runner-up still made him more famous than the winner.

Speaking to reporters after the game, he said: “It’s unbelievable, it’s crazy to think the runner-up is bigger than the winner.

“I was going into the game [thinking that] in a win or lose situation, I was always going to come out happy.

“It was a bit gutting standing there on my own watching Luke [Humphries] lift the trophy but he deserved it.

Luke Littler at the World Darts Championship semi-final.
Tom Dulat/Getty Images

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“He was the better man on the night, but I’m happy with runner-up.

“I was happy with winning one game, but getting to the final was just the bigger bonus.”

He also added that he attributes his out-of-nowhere success to his practice during the pandemic.

He continued: “I just tended to practise on my own for hours and hours a day, so I came out of lockdown and started winning youth titles and a few men’s titles.

“So what I was doing online on the cameras, I proved I wasn’t a cheat, because some people were, but I’m glad to get where I am now and all the practice paid off.”

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But now there's a new young darts prodigy in town.

Born van Put is even younger than Luke Littler.
dartfreakz/PDC.

Born van Put is the name of the teen people are now fascinated by, and he’s pretty good at darts.

From Belgium, his walkout music is 'Born to be Wild', which we really approve of.

Van Put's star is steadily rising. He made it to the semi-finals of the Belfy Open Youth last year.

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He's currently playing in the Belgian Open, but unfortunately lost his opening match to world number 120 Lukas Wenig, who is 29.

Van Put, on the other hand, is just 16, making him the youngest darts player in European tour history.

One person on X (formerly Twitter) said: “The people who didn't believe Luke Littler was only 16 will be shocked tomorrow when they see 16-year-old Born van Put play on the European Tour.”

Another said: “No way he’s 16.

“Makes Luke Littler look like a toddler.”

Featured Image Credit: dartfreakz/PDC

Topics: Luke Littler, Sport, News

Mia Williams
Mia Williams

Mia is a freelance writer for LADBible, and an award-winning trainee journalist at the UK’s No.1 journalism school, News Associates.

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