Darter Kim Huybrechts (38) was involved in a fight in Brussels on Thursday after the football match between Antwerp and Union. He suffered a double fracture of the collarbone on the side of his throwing arm.
Huybrechts is a big fan of Antwerp and went to the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on Thursday for the cup final. But after the match things went terribly wrong. Huybrechts and his friend and darts player Kevin Belmans were involved in a fight.
Antwerp fans walked in a park towards the supporters’ buses, where a grim atmosphere emerged with “provocative Brussels youth”. “Kim and Kevin want to pass the line through an opening in the fence to get to the buses faster and are attacked from behind […]. Verdict: while Kim lay on the ground and took punches, he suffered a double fracture of the collarbone, unfortunately in his right arm,” says his wife Dana Verhaegen.
In a post on the Facebook page of Huybrechts’ dart shop, a photo of the double collarbone fracture was shared. — © rr
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That “unfortunately” is indeed the worst thing in this case. Huybrechts’ right arm, which is undergoing surgery today/Friday, is his throwing arm. The Hurricane is therefore out indefinitely.
The World Cup of Darts, where he has been a fixture for years and would play together with Dimitri Van den Bergh, seems to be going up in smoke. The ‘fortunate’ thing about it is that there are fewer tournaments on the program in the next two months. Such as only four (out of thirty) floor tournaments and two European Tour qualifiers (including the one in Antwerp).
However, it remains a guess how strong Huybrechts will return from this. His fellow commentator/trainer Erik Clarys broke his throwing arm in five places after a fall during his peak period and had to quit. “We hope that things will not go so smoothly for Kim, because you wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” said The Sheriff on Thursday evening on VTM 2 during the Premier League evening in Leeds.
For Huybrechts it is the culmination of a difficult year. At the previous World Cup the bomb exploded between him and Dimitri Van den Bergh, after which a complaint followed from the second. Later that year, things also went wrong between the Kempen native and Mike De Decker, who received a punch in the face from Huybrechts after a tournament in Germany. This resulted in a second complaint and subsequently a fine and a warning. After an inglorious exit at the last World Cup, Huybrechts has started the current season poorly. He dropped out of the top 32 in the world for the first time in years and is therefore far from assured of participation in the World Cup and other top tournaments.
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2024-05-10 06:20:36
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