On Monday, the faner won the World Cup gold and made history.
Zhao Xintong won the World Cup gold. Aop
Chinese Zhao Xinthong28, made a snooker history on Monday in Sheffield, England.
Zhao was the first Chinese and Asian player to win the Snooker World Championship. He defeated a triple world champion in the two-day World Cup final, Mark Williams50, I read 18-12.
According to the BBC Zhao is only the third player after 1977, who got to the World Cup through qualifiers and was able to become a champion. He is today the only amateur who has been able to trick. Chinese is also the youngest world champion since 2005.
Zhao needed only one win for the World Cup gold in the evening. Williams was able to make an impressive final race, but the Chinese lead was ultimately too great.
Zhao won a prize pool of £ 500,000, or $ 587,382.
Scandal
Zhao’s journey to the championship was exceptional. He was one of ten Chinese players who were found to have guilty of match games in 2023.
According to the investigation, Zhao was involved in a party that organized a match and bet on his own matches. He received a 20 -month ban, lost both his place on Snooker’s international tour and his professional status.
The ban on the competition ended in September 2024, after which Zhao returned to the realization of the amateur tour. Since then, he has only lost two of his last 49 matches.
At the World Cup, Zhao defeated the legend Ronnie O’Sullivan.