‘Like Rocky Balboa story’: Kyren Wilson has eye on legacy

Kyren Wilson celebrates with the trophy after winning the final on day seventeen of the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Picture: Mike Egerton/PA

Kyren Wilson is determined to build a legacy as one of the greats of the game after landing his first World Snooker Championship title with an 18-14 victory over dogged qualifier Jak Jones at the Crucible on Monday.

His win was a long time coming for 32-year-old Wilson, twice previously a runner-up in Sheffield and at the Masters, but who had struggled to make the big-time breakthrough that many believed his prodigious talent was due.