Top darts star reveals tactic to deal with opponents FARTING on stage after player's blow-off caused match to be stopped
DIMITRI VAN DEN BERGH has revealed how to deal with FARTING opponents when at the oche.
The darts star spoke about the issue following another "fartgate" incident involving
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Dimitri Van den Bergh knows how to deal with FARTS
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Wade stunk out the oche during his clash with Peter Wright
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let rip during his 6-5 win over
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Van den Bergh, 30, is already prepared to deal with his rivals who dare to let one rip on the stage.
The Belgian ace believes the best thing to do is to try to ignore it and "breathe quicker".
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He told talkSPORT: "I hate that. I make sure whatever I could do, it happened already at the toilet.
"Sometimes you've just got to accept it, at the end of the day, it's only a smell.
"Breathe quicker and it's gone."
Wade was
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The 2024 Ally Pally king said: "Great farts mate!! I mean 'Darts'."
Van den Bergh's comments come after he decided to step away from the PDC Pro Tour.
World Darts semi-finalist Dimitri Van Den Bergh retires from PDC tour aged just 30
The Antwerp thrower made the
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He did make his return to the oche at the World Cup of Darts as he represented Belgium alongside Mike De Decker.
The tournament was a disaster as the pair finished behind the Philippines in the Group Stage in Frankfurt, Germany.
Van den Bergh has insisted that the time away from the oche has been
He said: "Fantastic, because I was feeling really bad with myself, with my body, my mental health.
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"(For) ten years I have done all the tournaments that I possibly could and I just kept pushing. I kept going forward.
"In these ten years a lot of things have happened. I'm going to be a dad in July, my second little girl is going to come to the world.
"I'm already a dad from another kid who's three-and-a-half-years-old now.
"All of that just gives you a different perspective to life and my dreams have always been to do what I love most, which is play darts and be successful at it.
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"But I also wanted to have my own family and build a future, build a legacy. So these things were very important to me and I just tried to keep playing well but for some reason I was just tiptoeing at the same place.
"So I said, 'I'll take a step back, come back stronger' and that's still my goal. That's still my mission.
"I know whatever I'm doing at home with eating healthy, going to the gym, taking care of myself, practicing a lot, it's working for me. Plus, I've got extra time with the family."
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