Kurt Maflin: Chinese worm bite leaves player snookered

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The worm that turned… on Maflin. The player recovered from the unusual incident though

From lost cues to broken tips, questionable food to even more questionable venues – life for a touring snooker player can be a testing one.

Now worm bites can be added to the list.

That’s right. London-born Norwegian Kurt Maflin’s was left stunned by an unusual problem during the World Open ranking event in China.

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“I woke up on Monday and had this bite on my right thumb, it was a bit swollen,” he told World Snooker. “I thought it must have been a mosquito.

“I played that day and managed …

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