{"id":357544,"date":"2024-01-04T23:55:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T00:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=357544"},"modified":"2024-01-05T01:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T01:01:26","slug":"16-year-old-darts-star-luke-littlers-mother-released-his-birth-certificate-to-prove-his-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=357544","title":{"rendered":"16-year-old darts star Luke Littler's mother released his birth certificate to prove his age"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Littler took the sports world by storm this week as he advanced his way to the PDC World Darts Championship final. Everyone loves an underdog story; this one involved a 16-year-old competing against and beating some of the greatest dart players in the world in the most prestigious darts competition before falling to No. 1-ranked Luke Humphries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Monikered Luke “the Nuke,” Littler became the youngest player to ever win a match at the tournament, according to\u00a0<\/span>ESPN<\/span><\/a>. He led Humphries 4-2, but the top-ranked player won five straight sets to get the title.<\/span><\/p>\n

Littler has been increasingly recognized when he ventures outside, with fans stopping him at the Arsenal game and Tottenham Spurs player James Maddison posing for a\u00a0<\/span>picture<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and bringing a sign to the\u00a0<\/span>championship<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

But beyond that, the real reason Littler has grabbed the attention of so many is that, for a 16-year-old, he arguably does not look 16.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Electric scene as 16-year-old Luke \u201cThe Nuke\u201d Littler becomes the youngest player ever to reach the final of the World Darts Championship
pic.twitter.com\/m3wlFVTsmG<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In this photo, taken five years ago, he was 11:<\/p>\n

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5 years ago… \"\ud83d\udd19\"<\/p>\n

Your 2024 World Darts Championship Finalists \"\ud83d\udcf7\" pic.twitter.com\/MZKAcj0Rkb<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sky Sports Darts (@SkySportsDarts) January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

People on social media were making jokes about how old he looks, which he says have been “going on for years,” and he now “laughs off” the jokes, according to\u00a0<\/span>Daily Mail<\/span><\/a>. But it went so far that his mother released a picture of his birth certificate to prove once and for all that this teenager was, in fact, born in the year 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Proof he really is a wonderkid. Luke Littler\u2019s birth certificate shows \u2018The Nuke\u2019 really is a child prodigy. pic.twitter.com\/7fJ3O6Qq6u<\/a><\/p>\n

— TalkTV (@TalkTV) January 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read more about Littler’s magical run at ESPN<\/a> and the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second-place PDC World Darts Championship finisher Luke Littler certainly doesn’t look 16, so his mom released his birth certificate (…)<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=357544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357546,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357544\/revisions\/357546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=357544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=357544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=357544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}