It was the preliminary climax of the corona chaos of the Darts World Cup!
World Cup co-favorite Michael van Gerwen (32) has tested positive. Tournament off after Christmas!
The frustrated Dutchman then called the World Cup a “corona bomb”. The corona concept of the darts association PDC is “leaky like a sieve”.
Despite the mega incidences in the Omikron stronghold, 3,000 people celebrated their arrow parties in the “Ally Pally”. Allowed by the UK government under 3G rule.
Now the well-known sports promoter Barry Hearn (73), who was at the head of the PDC for years, is striking back.
“The loss of Michael van Gerwen was of course a big loss for the tournament,” said ex-darts boss Hearn of the English newspaper “Sun”. “But I saw on social media that they had dinner together in a restaurant. Not the smartest move, is it? ”
Rumms!
Van Gerwen had spent the Christmas days with his Dutch friend Vincent van der Voort. There is a photo in which they sit close to the table with their buddy Dirk van Duijvenbode. Van der Voort tested positive the day before van Gerwen.
The Dutch had tested themselves for safety before their meeting, the Dutch darts star assured. Van der Voort and he hadn’t gone anywhere in their hotel to avoid infection, “not even in the breakfast room because we found it too crowded there,” as he said. They are vaccinated like all other players in the World Cup.
World champion Gerwyn Price (36) even called for the World Cup to be postponed after van Gerwen’s Corona case.
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“Those who ask for a delay do not understand how this business works,” countered Hearn in the same interview.
And further: “It’s about going on or stopping. At an event like this one that is broadcast worldwide, you can’t just ask to end the rest of the tournament a few weeks later. That’s not how the world of television works. These people are ignorant. The only option is to keep going. “
The former PDC chairman also refers to the high vaccination rate among the players to show that Corona is taken seriously. “Compare that to other sports, e.g. B. Soccer. That shows that the darters really do their best. “
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