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A moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in Japan
I’d always wanted to represent my country at something, so when I learned about Mölkky, I got a team together It was December 2023 and I was searching in the attic for Christmas decorations when my phone pinged. I pulled it out of my pocket and found a WhatsApp message from my son who was backpacking in Australia. The message read, simply: “You might want to take a look at this” – it was accompanied by a short video clip. The footage was grainy – it was night-time somewhere in Queensland and the streetlights weren’t the brightest – but I could make out Louis and his travel companion Asher throwing what looked like a rolling pin at a collection of numbered wooden skittles. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, A moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in Japan, I’d always wanted to represent my country at something, so when I learned about Mölkky, I got a team together It was December 2023 and I was searching in the attic for Christmas decorations when my phone pinged. I pulled it out of my pocket and found a WhatsApp message from my son who was backpacking in Australia. The message read, simply: “You might want to take a look at this” – it was accompanied by a short video clip. The footage was grainy – it was night-time somewhere in Queensland and the streetlights weren’t the brightest – but I could make out Louis and his travel companion Asher throwing what looked like a rolling pin at a collection of numbered wooden skittles. Continue reading…
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- A moment that changed me: A WhatsApp message about a little-known sport made me an unlikely celebrity in JapanThe Guardian - 2026-06-17T05:45:23+00:00
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