Seventeen-year-old Luke Littler swept aside darting great Michael van Gerwen last night to become the youngest World Darts champion ever. The teenage sensation made it look easy in the final at Alexandra Palace, beating the three-time world champion 7-3.
To add insult to injury, he also stole the Dutchman's record as youngest ever world champ with seven years to spare - van Gerwen was 24 when he first won it. The extraordinary victory comes off the back of an equally impressive 12 months for Littler which saw him win 10 trophies in his first pro season.
The teen has fast become one of the sport's biggest names and is now world number two - but how did he get here?. Here's everything you need to know about the darting prodigy and his meteoric rise - from learning to play in nappies as a toddler to building new rivalries.
Playing darts at 18 months old. He may only be a teenager but Littler, from Warrington, Cheshire, has been practising his throwing for some time. He previously told Sky News: "There's a video on YouTube of me when I was 18 months in a nappy listening to Raymond van Barneveld's music, listening to Phil Taylor's music, doing their celebrations.
"That's when it started - 18 months and in a nappy on a magnetic board. "[Aged] four or five I was on a proper board but it was a bit low and then about seven to eight, that's when I started playing [at] the proper height and the proper length. So it's just been all darts in my life so far.".
