Teenage sport climber Toby Roberts won Great Britain's 14th gold of the Paris 2024 Olympics after victory in the men's boulder and lead competition. Roberts, 19, secured 155.2 points to beat favourite Sorato Anraku of Japan, who lost his grip and fell needing only 86 points on the lead wall to relegate Roberts into silver-medal position.
Austria's Jakob Schubert took bronze, with another Briton, Hamish McArthur, finishing fifth. Roberts, given the nickname 'The Terminator' due to his determination told the BBC : "I'm just absolutely lost for words. To find out that I got the gold in that moment, it was just truly incredible.
"I've been training for this moment my whole life, and now I've just won. To say it hasn't sunk in is an understatement. Trending "I don't really know what to think right now, but I imagine later, there's just going to be a flood of emotions.
It's a goal I've been training towards for 10 years, basically. Just no words." Roberts later added: "To find out you've won Olympic gold is definitely a shock.
It was a rush of adrenaline, emotion and then happiness. Also See: Who has won medals for Team GB in Paris? Follow Sky Sports' Olympics live blog "I hope this makes climbing bigger and bigger. The sport is growing in the UK with climbing gyms opening up, and it's so cool to see climbing on this big stage.
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