DayFR Euro

VIDEO. He lost his match, but with Rashad ‘The Candyman’ Sweeting the World Darts Championship has gained a cult hero

For the 34-year-old Bahamian it was his debut on the ‘big stage’ and initially he had some problems with it. After one and a half legs he barely averaged 42 while the Swedish Dutchman quickly took the lead. However, Sweeting then won three legs in a row and actually won the first set: 1-0. To the delight of the audience, who completely sided with the debutant.

This contains inserted content from a social media network that wants to write or read cookies. You have not given permission for this.

Click here to adjust your preferences

And Sweeting immediately seemed to advance to 2-0. He took a double lead in the second set and did the famous ‘Cold Palmer’ celebration (referring to Chelsea player Cole Palmer) after a 180 throw. However, De Graaf came all the way back, won the set and advanced to a 3-1 win. Sweeting did explode Ally Pally with a 126 finish, but that was his last achievement at this World Championship.

This contains inserted content from a social media network that wants to write or read cookies. You have not given permission for this.

Click here to adjust your preferences

‘The Candyman’ did get the chance to talk about his World Cup experience afterwards:

This contains inserted content from a social media network that wants to write or read cookies. You have not given permission for this.

Click here to adjust your preferences

-

Related News :