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Luke Littler: PDC World Championship final and immortality beckon for teenager

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Luke Littler is the first prodigy whose total arrows immersion has been documented in real time.

His steps have followed a pre-plotted route to the Alexandra Palace stage since he first started walking.

Last year , aged just 16, he came into the World Championships as a 66 -1 debutant, carved his way through the draw, accumulating followers, raising decibels and spilling out into the mainstream.

It took the world number one - Luke Humphries â to halt the hype train, winning the final at the cavernous north London venue.

Michael van Gerwen is the youngest PDC world champion to date.

The Dutchman won the title as a 24-year-old in 2014 at the age of 24 .

Littler is already, by some distance, the best-known darts player in the world.

He is the beneficiary, but has added another story to the edifice.

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