Kyren Wilson lifts the 2024 World Championship Trophy 🏆 | FULL CELEBRATIONS & POST MATCH

his sons Finley and Bailey join the hug 1814 doesn't begin to tell the story he did the damage of course on day one 70 and had to hold on at the end k m is your champion and his boys and his brother are on the floor to celebrate with [Applause] him Bailey coming across to shake Jack Jones's hand it's a beautiful moment from this young [Music] man and what a beautiful moment for this family Taylor this is kirn's brother and his wingman saying very heartfelt congratulations to Jack Jones here on the floor the emotion is surging around this room Jack what an incredible run what an incredible achievement you got so close in the end how much pride can you take in the last couple of weeks not just here in The Crucible but in your efforts to even be here again um yeah I just congratulate Kiron and his family they've they deserve it so much um if anyone deserves it uh he does so um congratulations to them um yes um being an unbelievable tourament for me um was about a month ago I was um twitching in my Fier qualifying match so uh yeah it's been a long month but I'm happy with it tell you what you showed such guts and resilience 7 nil down but you would not men you said it was a miracle you were still in this match at the end of last session last evening so how much hope did you carry in today um I hav had a lot of Hope um I don't I just thought if I uh just just try my best basically uh see what happens but um when you're playing someone as solid as Kiron um he got such a good all around game uh it's going to be hard to come back from a deficit like that so um yeah wasn't to be Jack you have changed a lot of Minds about the way you play and how you play and I have to say you have it's a lifechanging uh situation here now because you're vaulting straight into the top 16 how is this going to change your career going forward um well hopefully for the good um I don't know um yeah hopefully I can uh move forward in a good way um yeah and your supporters have been here your dad Colin who's been with you all the way what do you want to say to Colin he's such a composed figure in the background you owe him so much what do you want to tell him tonight um yeah I'd just like to thank my mom and dad and my wife um my mom's come in for the the very first time ever um she's never watched me before so um yeah it was nice to have here in here as well but um yeah my my dad's been unbelievable through my whole career um he's been there for every match um so maybe I'll do it one day for them I'm sure you will this man's going to be around for a very long time ladies and gentlemen Mr Jack Jones and here he is the champion Karen Wilson this has been your life's work to get to this point in your life tell me what it was like how long have you imagined becoming a world champion and how tough was it to get over that line tonight do you know what can you imagine how embarrassing it would have been if I'd have lost and Bailey's dressed like that um yeah firstly i' I'd like to say sorry to jack for that out burst but it just it does mean so much to all of us um yeah Mom and Dad I think they're on the way down but you know they've remortgaged um you know sacrificed their whole lives to get me here my brother has my wife so Barry Carla Chris um Peter you know there the list goes on and on and on it's a massive team effort um God you know on YouTube one of my worst things to see is me crying with Jason Muhammad at the master and this is going to be even worse so yeah I I said I'd never do it again but I just couldn't help it I brought you this just in case there you go but you know Ken you made the best start in a final for over 30 years but what can you say about the way Jack hung in there he really took it to you towards the end didn't he yeah he was he was so tough and do you know what I don't know if there's any people left in Wales the amount they were cheering for him um they they made it a fantastic atmosphere you know so you know every credit to those guys um you know me and Jack have come through some Junior ranks um you know we were in P Mount stable in Gloucester we had many practice matches there and um you know this is jack's first final let alone a world final so he's conducted himself in an amazing fashion um and I'm sure he'll be back but it's been so wonderful to have your boys here you got Finn here you got Bailey who's a budding player himself but I think the big question tonight here Kiren is do you think this win tonight is going to change bayley's mind about Jud Trump being his favorite player um no oh he's saying no uh just okay um you can't please everyone no no it's um you know it's great I'm trying so hard to inspire a younger generation you know hopefully I'm inspiring my kids um they they did an interview this week and someone asked them who their sporting Idol is um they said Ronaldo so hopefully I've overtook him now so yeah it's great um I just wanted to say thank you to each and every one of you for making this so special I was robbed of this in in the covid final you know I will never forget this moment so thank you all ladies and gentlemen you have a brand new Champion Kon Wilson very very well done thank you well done boys ladies and Gentlemen please welcome your presentation party Simon Baker Senior People director for kazoo and Steve Dawson chairman of the world's snuk tour the r up receiving the silver medal and a check for £200,000 and the admiration of so many what a brilliant fortnite for Jack Jones yeah what a tournament what a player and what a springboard this is for Jack Jones going forward next season and Beyond he really put Ken Under Pressure tonight but Wilson responded and the winner receiving a check for half a million pound the trophy and the title 2024 kazoo World Snooker Champion Kiren Wilson what a moment for Karen Wilson and his family they're all here to enjoy it with him they've been there through good times bad times this is the best time the iconic silver trophy is his your champion Karin Wilson The Crucible acclaims Karin Wilson the 2024 World Snooker Champion well Neil we've seen these pictures down the years with various players it's always special for whoever wins it absolutely and clar's mother and father are there now and uh he's a big family man and he works so hard and he's deserves this he has been the best player he's our champion and he he'll make a great Champion as well I think for the next 12 months and Beyond who knows but uh well it's all about Kiren tonight all the years of hard work through the ranks fantastic occasion and um it's always the same but this is particularly moving I think yeah lovely moments lovely moments for a lovely family so that's it then we wondered at the start of this Marathon who was going to prevail we finally got our answer for the first time Karen Wilson is world champion he deserves to enjoy this and all that it brings

Channel: Eurosport Snooker

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Keywords: Snooker, British Snooker, Eurosport, Eurosport Snooker, Olympics, John Higgins, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Steve Davis, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, Stephen Hendry, Shaun Murphy, Shanghai Masters, Shanghai Masters 2023, Shanghai Snooker Masters, Barry Hawkins, Ding Junhui, Mark Allen, Kyren Wilson, Fan Zhengyi, Mark King, Pang Junxu, Hossein Vafaei, Sport, Youtube, Gary Wilson, Snooker Sport, Zhang Anda, Matthew Stevens, British Sport, Eurosport Channel, Live Sport, Snooker Shot

Id: sdMB4FaBzMk

Length: 9min 9sec (549 seconds)

Published: Mon May 06 2024