Former world champion Michael Smith says he suffers from arthritis in his right hand.
Smith who won the title of World Champion in 2023, He issued a statement after he was knocked out of world masters in Milton Keynes on Thursday by Dutchman Danny Noppert.
“I broke both my wrists when I was 19, and now I catch up with me, and now I suffer from arthritis on the right,” said Anglaian Smith.
“This is not a sympathy or a shout for help. It all allows you to do it. I have never given up or refrained from pain. “
Smith, who throws his right hand, hit a nine person immediately after Michael Van Gerwen just left one in what was described as the biggest leg of darts, winning the final of the world championship in 2023.
But his form has fallen and is in the world in the world after losing in Second round of the world championships.
A 34-year-old from St Helens, called “Bully Boy”, also said that he had suffered from shoulder injury for six weeks, which required physiotherapy every two to three days.
“I see a specialist on Monday, and when I know you will know what will happen in the next month,” he said.
“I will never let anything overcome me and promise me that I will come back very, very quickly.”
