Toby Roberts secured a sensational Olympic gold medal for Team GB in a gripping men’s boulder and lead final – and made history in the process.
Roberts, aged just 19, took the top step on the podium after scoring an impressive 92.1 points on the lead wall, moving his overall score to 155.2.
Japan’s Sorato Anraku, widely viewed as the overwhelming favourite to clinch the title in Paris, fell on his final climb shortly after passing the 60-point mark.
That meant that Anraku settled for the silver while Austria’s Jakob Schubert secured the bronze. Britain’s other competitor, Hamish McArthur, finished fifth.
In topping the standings, Roberts, nicknamed ‘The Terminator’, secured Team GB’s first-ever climbing medal at the Olympics and a 14th British gold this summer.
Unable to believe his win, Roberts placed his head in his hands in disbelief after Anraku slipped on the ascent up the wall at the Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue.
Roberts, who honed his climbing skills on a DIY wall in his dad’s garden, had finished second in the first part of the final, contested over four boulders.
He then moved into provisional gold with only Anraku to come.
However, needing only to match Roberts’ score to push the Brit down into silver, the Japanese world silver medallist lost his grip and fell in a major shock.
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