Teenage sport climber Toby Roberts has received Britain’s 14th gold medal on the Paris 2024 Olympics with wins within the males’s bouldering and shot put competitions.
The 19-year-old Roberts scored 155.2 factors to defeat Japanese favourite Sorato Anraku, who misplaced management and relegated Roberts to the silver medal place with simply an 86-point lead.
Austria’s Jacob Schubert received the bronze medal, whereas one other British participant, Hamish McArthur, completed fifth.
Roberts was nicknamed “The Terminator” for his dedication British Broadcasting Company: “I used to be fully speechless. Once I came upon I had received the gold medal at that second, it was unbelievable.
“I have been coaching for this second my complete life and now I simply received. To say it hasn’t sunk in but is an understatement.
“I do not actually know what to assume proper now, however I believe in a while, there’s going to be lots of emotion. Mainly, that is what I have been coaching for for 10 years. There are simply no phrases.”
Roberts later added: “It was an absolute shock to be taught that I had received an Olympic gold medal. It was a rush of adrenaline, emotion and happiness.
“I hope this can make climbing greater and greater. The game is booming within the UK with climbing gyms opening up and it is actually cool to see climbing on this huge stage.”
KJT nonetheless has an opportunity to win Olympic gold
On the Stade de France, Katarina Johnson-Thompson misplaced the heptathlon title to Nafissato Ti forward of Friday evening’s last 800m (1925 BST) Nafissatou Thiam.
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Sky Sports activities’ Miriam Walker-Khan explains what Katarina Johnson-Thompson should do to win Olympic heptathlon gold
The reigning world champion began the second day within the gold medal place and retained gold within the lengthy leap with a clearance of 6.40m.
Nonetheless, after the javelin competitors, Johnson-Thompson was surpassed by two-time Olympic champion Thiam. The Belgian threw 54.04m and Johnson-Thompson landed 45.49.
The Briton now trails Thiam by 121 factors and must beat his rival by round eight seconds to win gold in Paris.
Johnson-Thompson’s finest time within the 800 meters was 2:05.63, simply over six seconds sooner than Thiam’s 2:11.79.
Harper misses out on diving medal, China wins gold once more
Within the girls’s 3-meter springboard competitors, Britain’s Yasmine Harper completed fifth and compatriot Grace Reid completed tenth. The Chinese language group received seven gold medals within the Paris diving competitors.
Chen Yiwen received the 300m doubles championship with Zhang Yani on the opening day of the Olympic Video games. She scored 376.00, forward of Australian Madison Keeney (343.10) and compatriot Zhang Yani (318.75).
Harper (305.10) fell in need of a bronze medal within the 3m synchronized occasion with Scarlett Mew Jensen.
Elsewhere, Britain’s Hector Pardoe completed sixth within the males’s 10km open water swim, beating France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier, whereas Eire Daniel Wiffen received the 800-meter freestyle gold medal and the 1500-meter pool bronze medal within the males’s 10-kilometer open water swimming competitors, ending 18th.
Hungary’s Christoph Lasovsky received the open water gold medal in 1 hour, 50 minutes and 52 seconds, 2.1 seconds forward of Germany’s Oliver Klemet and Lasovsky’s compatriot David Bate Lem received the bronze medal.
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