Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Hempel predicts a darts coup
Clemens receives hate news after the World Cup
While World Cup debutant Florian Hempel predicted a successful future for the German darts sport despite the early retirement of all German starters at the World Cup in London, German number one Gabriel Clemens received hateful news on the net. Clemens defends himself, not for the first time.
The German number one Gabriel Clemens has received again hate messages after the third round at the Darts World Cup in London. After the 0: 4 against Welsh Jonny Clayton, the 38-year-old Saarlander shared insults directed at him in his Instagram story.
Clemens countered the hostility “You are banned from Saarland as of today, my friend. Your mother is your sister, Big Mac”: “Yes, folks, I take the whole thing with a sense of humor and I will definitely not let this get me down !!!”, wrote Clemens, who was the first German to reach the second round of the World Cup last year. 99.9999 percent of the messages are “positive and I’m really always happy about your support!”
As early as the beginning of December, the “German Giant” reported increasing hostility on the Internet. It was “unfortunately the truth that hate news has become a habit,” said the world number 25. in an interview with SPOX: “Above all, it goes in the direction that my family and I want cancer or other diseases. Especially when it goes against the family, the fun stops for me.”
However, Clemens had also emphasized that he did not feel threatened, since the negative news was only a “small part”. Nevertheless, he thinks it is “important to convey that to the outside world”. He did the same on Monday and again fended off the insults of some incorrigible people in his usual mellow manner.
World Cup debutant Florian Hempel has meanwhile predicted a successful future for the German darts sport, despite the early retirement of all German starters at the World Cup in London. “We have really good players who can certainly do something really good in the next few years,” said Hempel to the Sport-Informations-Dienst (SID). Bringing a really great performance is “in each one of us”. “I’m not that young anymore, but I’m still greedy for success,” said Clemens to the SID. Unfortunately, tournament victories or successes cannot be planned, added the 38-year-old Saarland native. There are “too many small factors that can be decisive. I will continue to work hard to be successful”.
In addition to his appearances on stage in the legendary “Ally Pally”, the 31-year-old Hempel was delighted by the newly won fans. His surprise coup in the second round against world number five Dimitri van den Bergh (3: 1) brought the Cologne man “50 percent more followers” on Instagram alone, reported Hempel. The former handball professional contacted the fans after his departure: “The response was 99 percent positive, I just wanted to say thank you very kindly. The fans are very important in sport, that’s just the way it is,” he said Former handball professional who has only been on the tour since February.
Around the turn of the year, Hempel now has enough time to digest what he has experienced – because after returning from the corona high-risk area England, a 14-day quarantine awaits him. For Hempel “a lot of time to play darts and to train, train, train”. Before that, however, he also wants to take a few days off and go on vacation, he told SID. He will continue with the Players Championships in February.