Sherrock’s synthetic success over Littler and why Netflix’s darts special felt so dissatisfying | Jonathan Liew

The Guardian

Decades of professionalism, investment and industrialised training methods have rendered the gulf between the sporting gods and mortals virtually unbridgeable “She walked in here a hairdresser from Milton Keynes – and walks out £501,000 richer!” Gary Lineker announced at the conclusion of Netflix’s Beat Luke Littler on Friday night. Which, while strictly accurate as a description of the winner Fallon Sherrock, arguably fell some way short of providing the full picture. “She walked in wearing socks – and walks out £501,000 richer!” “She walked in here a vertebrate mammal – and walks out…