A woman had never beaten a man in darts (at the World Champs)....... until Tuesday

not sexist wrote:

why not?? wrote:

Men and women should compete against each other for these types of games/sports where there is no physical advantage for the men.

Darts

Pool

Bowling

Shooting

Autosports

Others?

Horse riding, gymnastics, ice skating (dancing versions), snooker, diving, synchronized swimming, golf, table tennis, badminton, bobsledding, luge, downhill mountain biking, curling.

Lol. yeah Ok. The likelihood of women being able to compete with men on all these (1-Sure -- 10-No way)

ice skating-dance-1

Synchronized swimming-1

Horse riding-1

Pool-3

Diving-3

Curling-3

Darts-4

Autosports-4

Shooting-5

Bowling-8

Luge-8

Table tennis-9

Badminton-9

Bobsledding-9

Gymnastics (male)-10

Golf-10

Downhill Mt bike-10

Dart throwing is not a sport women tend to play. What's the gender break down of dart throwers, especially with respect to competitive dart throwers?

not sexist wrote:

why not?? wrote:

Men and women should compete against each other for these types of games/sports where there is no physical advantage for the men.

Darts

Pool

Bowling

Shooting

Autosports

Others?

Horse riding, gymnastics, ice skating (dancing versions), snooker, diving, synchronized swimming, golf, table tennis, badminton, bobsledding, luge, downhill mountain biking, curling.

Bobsledding is all about strength on the start. That's why all of the guys look like linebackers and power running backs. Some of them actually are.

There is no mens synch swimming

Golf? Driving power is a big deal.

obvious reason wrote:

Dart throwing is not a sport women tend to play. What's the gender break down of dart throwers, especially with respect to competitive dart throwers?

Dunno, but in bars I usually see the same amount of guys playing as girls.

I've played against dozens of women and none has ever beaten me in darts, and I'm an average guy. I don't think they can compete. Unless they're doped up like this Sheerock gal.

Asymmetric consideration wrote:

not sexist and knows a bit about anatomy wrote:

Haha, no. Male brain size and power (especially from northern latitudes) is massively superior to females. No way are they ever going to be equal in chess.

As Judit Polgar said, only competing against women makes you weak.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/30/chess-grandmaster-women-only-tournament-play-men

Lots of nobodies beat Kasparov...once. Everybody has an off day. Polgar could barely manage to reach #8 one year on the world rankings. Her best ranking. She was nothing compared to guys like Kasparov and Carlsen.

This just proves that no athleticism is required to play darts. Which we already knew, there's no physical characteristics that make someone significantly better or worse at it. Similar to shooting archery, I imagine a woman could beat the best man in the world in archery, or in a rubiks cube solving contest. But not in wrestling or track and field events.

You sound like a bitter no-talent runner who sucks at both darts and archery.

safsdff wrote:

You sound like a bitter no-talent runner who sucks at both darts and archery.

Wow, thank you for your great contribution. Are you a competitive dart thrower and my comment offended you?

And being bitter somehow makes darts require athleticism? That dart is really heavy, and you have to throw it a whole 8 feet. By the way I'm a D1 All-American with some top 10 finishes at USATF championships, so you're wrong on the no-talent runner part as well.

No coordination, need motor skills mastery wrote:

This was only a first round game. she's not winning the championship any time soon. A man's coordination, mindset, confidence, and motor skills are superior to womens. Some parts of the world are also better than others in this. This is why you see the best pool players from Europe/NA, the best darts guys from Europe, the best archery folks from Korea & Europe, the best shooters from Europe. All males too.

Holy moly, man. This post speaks volumes about your lack of confidence and intelligence.

It’s so sad that you are threatened by women playing darts. I can only imagine what you say about women in politics.

Seek help.

The hard part of Darts is the Maths.

I can see why Women find it difficult too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TOecHx5meo

Just so you know, a couple days before, Mikuru Suzuki almost became the first Woman to beat a Man in PDC World Champs. She was down 2-0 in sets, slogged it to the 5th, and lost.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBoAKBCI20k

Double Checkout wrote:

The hard part of Darts is the Maths.

I can see why Women find it difficult too.

Busy watching professional bowling..

Not true I’ve been beaten in darts by several women.

Yes, Mikuru is clearly the best woman darter out there (both she and Fallon are in BDO, not PDC, normally).

PDC was hyping her madly, and called her (ultimately failed) comeback "heroic", while the on-site SJW fans were booing her opponent religiously.

Once these women qualify to PDC in a normal manner (Q-school) maybe then it will be more serious.

https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC/status/1206343683374829568

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smxfZC9zl3o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_in_darts

Greg wrote:

Busy watching professional bowling..

Oh no way I love professional bowling too. What have you been watching?

Akiko Yazawa won her 2nd Backgammon World Championship in 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Backgammon_champions