Champion British darts player Deta Hedman declared she “wouldn’t play a man in a ladies event” when she forfeited her quarter-final at the Denmark Open against transgender opponent Noa-Lynn van Leuven.
Hedman, long a vocal critic of rules allowing men to compete in women’s darts tournaments, refused to play Van Leuven in Esbjerg and missed out on the chance to fight for a spot in the semi-finals.
The Daily Express reports when it was claimed by a journalist on social media that Hedman had told tournament organisers she could not play due to illness, the 64-year-old directly responded: “No fake illness, I said I wouldn’t play a man in a ladies event. Don’t listen to @phillbarrs he knows sweet [f*** all], nor does his reliable
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