Toby Roberts secured a sensational Olympic gold medal for Team GB in a gripping men’s boulder and lead final.
Roberts, aged just 19, took the top step on the podium after scoring 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.
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