Teenage sport climber Toby Roberts won Britain’s 14th gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics after winning the men’s bouldering and lead competitions.
Roberts, 19, scored 155.2 points to beat favorite Sorato Anraku of Japan, who lost his grip and collapsed needing just 86 points on the main wall to put Roberts into the silver medal position.
Austria’s Jakob Schubert took bronze, with another Briton, Hamish McArthur, finishing fifth.
Roberts, given the nickname ‘The Terminator’ because of his determination BBC: “I’m really at a loss for words. To find out that I won gold at that moment, it was incredible.
“I’ve been training for this moment all my life, and now I just won. To say it hasn’t sunk in is an understatement.
“I don’t know what to think now, but I imagine later, there will just be a flood of emotions. It’s a goal I’ve been training for for 10 years, basically. There are no words.”
Roberts then added: “To find out you’ve won Olympic gold is a shock. It’s adrenaline, emotion and happiness.
“Hopefully this makes climbing bigger and bigger. The sport is growing in the UK with climbing gyms open, and it’s cool to see climbing on this big stage.”
KJT still has a chance at Olympic gold
At the Stade de France, Katarina Johnson-Thompson lost the top spot in the heptathlon to Nafissatou Thiam before the final event of the evening, the 800m, which took place at 1925 BST.
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Sky Sports’ Miriam Walker-Khan explains what Katarina Johnson-Thompson had to do to win Olympic gold in the heptathlon
The reigning world champion started day two on the gold medal stand and retained the spot with a leap of 6.40 meters in the long jump.
However, Johnson-Thompson was pipped by two-time Olympic champion Thiam after the javelin, with the Belgian throwing 54.04m and Johnson-Thompson landing 45.49.
The Briton now trails Thiam by 121 points and will need to beat his rival by around eight seconds to win the gold medal in Paris.
Johnson-Thompson’s best time in the 800m was 2:05.63, more than six seconds ahead of Thiam’s 2:11.79.
Harper missed out on a diving medal as China won gold again
In the women’s 3m springboard, England’s Yasmin Harper was fifth and compatriot Grace Reid 10th as China won its seventh gold out of seven in diving in Paris.
Chen Yiwen – who also won the 3m synchronized title with Chang Yani on the opening day of the Games – registered a score of 376.00 to finish ahead of Australia’s Maddison Keeney (343.10) and his countryman Chang (318.75).
Harper (305.10) was unable to add to the bronze she claimed alongside Scarlett Mew Jensen in the 3m synchro event.
Also, Great Britain’s Hector Pardoe finished sixth in the men’s 10km open water after beating France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier in the photo, while Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, who won the 800m freestyle gold and the 1500m pool bronze, finished in 18th debut in open water swimming.
Hungary’s Kristof Rasovszky took the open water gold in one hour 50 minutes and 52 seconds, 2.1 seconds ahead of Germany’s Oliver Klemet, with Rasovszky’s teammate David Betlehem taking home the bronze.
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