MARTIN SCHINDLER was booted out of the UK Open – after being nailed by one of his own darts!
The German saw an arrow fly back from the board and embed itself in his FOOT.
Martin Schindler watched this dart launch a surprise ‘attack’
He ended up with the steel stuck neatly in his shoe
Pick that one out! Schindler had to get down to an unusual task
The PDC reckoned it was “the most violent bounce-out you will ever see!”
The sport’s chiefs also joked: “Who said darts wasn’t a dangerous sport?!”
Schindler safely extracted the tip of steel from the heel of his shoe.
But although his dart had launched a surprise ‘comeback’ against him, the World No 23 himself couldn’t do the same against Jonny Clayton.
Schindler crashed out 10-4 to leave his Welsh conqueror facing 2023 world champion Michael Smith in the quarter-finals at Minehead on Sunday.
It was an impressive feat of Clay – after the impaled foot of Schindler.
But at least the 28-year-old loser handled the bizarre footwear scare brilliantly.
Schindler tried to lurch out of the way as the rogue arrow ricocheted back towards him.
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And although darts success is commonly based on a matter of millimetres, this time it came down to feet and flinches.
Schindler twisted round to see the arrow sticking proudly up from the back of his footwear – as he escaped injury.
As he bent down to take it out, he burst into a big smile.
Schindler then gestured to the crowd to show he was uninjured.
That enabled Clayton to let rip a huge grin – both players knowing it was an experience probably neither of them will ever see again.
Given the happy ending to the incident, fans were happy to put their ‘dart and sole’ into making mischief out of it.
One came up with a great new rule.
He posted: “If it comes back to you and you catch it/it’s sticking in you that should make you able to throw it again.”
And another enthusiast agreed there should be at least an amendment to the rule-book.
He wrote: “That’s got to be worth points!”
Perhaps these two fans should explain their ideas to the PDC – in a footnote, of course.
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