Luke Littler addressed a recent social media debate over who would win a half-marathon race between himself or Mo Farah if after every mile both men also had to hit a 501 checkout on a darts board.
The question quickly gained a following across X, formerly Twitter, with speculation made over Farah’s ability with darts and whether Littler’s skills could negate the Olympic champion’s running pace.
After beating Luke Humphries in the final of Premier League Darts’ night 13 in Aberdeen, Littler, who was already aware of the debate from social media, was asked if he thought he could win the proposed race with Farah and he responded in the affirmative.
“I don’t think Mo Farah can take out 501, personally,” Littler answered. “So as soon as I’m done, nine darter, I’m walking the next mile.”
The 19-year-old went one step further and claimed he would be up for the challenge and would take on Farah in a charity race.
“Yeah, I think we should do it for charity,” he said. “Let me lose a bit of timber and I’ll be good to go.”
Littler spoke to Sky Sports having claimed a fifth nightly win of the Premier League season where he came from 5-3 down to defeat Luke Humphries 6-3 in the final.
The win took him to the top of the leaderboard, surpassing Jonny Clayton, while Humphries moved within two points of the playoff spots with three nights still to go.
“A very good performance all night, I’m happy with the performances and that’s what got me over line and another nightly win here,” Littler said before addressing how he managed to overcome Humphries.
He added: “Yeah, whatever Luke’s [Humphries] doing it’s obviously working, his worst leg was the last one and he just couldn’t challenge me there but at 5-3 down I just said to myself hold, try and break, and then hold to win the match. Obviously that was good for Luke tonight but it was even better for me.
“It was a nice feeling [to prove people wrong after early struggles]. Winning in Saudi, winning the Masters, winning the UK Open all in between the Premier League was helping me but I just couldn’t perform. Look at me know, top of the table, five nightly wins and hopefully we can get a few more.”
