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DUTCH COURAGE
Daily Star
|December 11, 2024
Love of the game keeps Van Leuven going
SHE'S been shunned by opponents and her own Dutch team-mates, suffered bullying, booing and even had death threats.
But at Alexandra Palace next week, Noa-Lynn van Leuven hopes she will be remembered for her darts, not her transgender backstory.
Paddy Power Van Leuven, who qualified for the PDC World Championship through a top-two finish in the Women's Series, has endured a rocky road to her first-round date with compatriot Kevin Doets next Tuesday.
The winner will set a booby-trap for former world champion Michael "Bully Boy' Smith, and Van Leuven is unsure what kind of reception awaits her at Ally Pally.
This story is from the December 11, 2024 edition of Daily Star.
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