What does Smith think about progress when he sees US athletes and football players in the UK take a knee before games? Michael van Gerwen is bidding to win his first World Cup title without Raymond van Barneveld, and Netherlands remain in the hunt for a fifth crown after defeating Singapore in successive singles matches. Sitting a few rows from the front, they watched as Obama highlighted their stand in 1968 and said it was "controversial but woke folks up". Both athletes got a round of applause from the President, then vice-President Joe Biden, and the hundreds of athletes squeezed into the East Room of the White House. "I spoke to [Olympian] Ben Whittaker about Viddal. He is remembered at Team GB.