SI.com · Jan 3, 2023
World Darts Championship Includes Viral Back-And-Forth Leg in Final
The most important sporting feat of 2023 may already be in the books.
In the 2023 professional darts World Championship final, Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith partook in an insane show of competition.
In the third leg of the second set in a first-to-seven set match, the two athletes went back-and-forth, with all but one dart hitting the intended target. Van Gerwen hit his first eight shots, but missed his attempt at a double twelve. That left the door open for Smith, who nailed all nine of his darts for what might have been the best leg of World Championship darts in recent memory.