British teen Toby Roberts scales to Olympic climbing gold
The Peninsula
Le Bourget, France: British teenager Toby Roberts claimed gold in the boulder and lead climbing event at the Paris Olympics on Friday after Japan s So...
Le Bourget, France: British teenager Toby Roberts claimed gold in the boulder and lead climbing event at the Paris Olympics on Friday after Japan's Sorato Anraku fell.
Roberts, 19, scored 92.1 points on the lead wall, taking his overall score to 155.2 points after placing third in the boulder round.
Anraku, the favourite to clinch the title in Paris, had been in front after the boulder section but fell on his final lead climb and had to settle for silver, with 145.4 points.
Austria's Jakob Schubert won bronze with 139.6 points.
"I've got no words. I'm just riding on adrenaline right now, but I feel incredible," said Roberts.