Paris 2024: Toby Roberts strikes climbing gold as GB's relay teams take silver and bronze
Toby Roberts speaks to ITV News about his immense Olympic feat
Team GB's relay teams have won silver and bronze at the Paris Olympics after Toby 'The Terminator' Roberts clinched gold in the men's boulder and lead climbing final.
The 19-year-old climber told ITV News that taking home gold was the "best moment of my life".
Roberts’ gutsy style earned him the nickname associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the 1980s American science fiction action film.
Speaking about the moment he won, Roberts said: "That moment was when the dream came true, it was the best moment of my life."
He said that coming into the Games he had an "expectation" for himself, adding: "I wanted to have a good performance, but the way I do that is going in and enjoying the competition.""I said to myself before, you know how to climb, just relax and give it everything, and that's what I did."
In an impressive display of skill, Roberts pushed himself to first position earning 92.1 points, bringing his total to 155.2.
Meanwhile, Team GB also had success in the athletics on Friday night.
The Liverpudlian sat 121 points behind Belgian champion Nafissatou Thiam entering the final event, the 800 metres.
She faced a nearly impossible task, needing to beat Thiam by more than eight seconds to surpass her main rival.
Johnson-Thompson clocked a personal best 2:04.90, but it was not quite enough as she finished 36 points behind Thiam.
Securing silver, the reigning world heptathlon champion said: I’m so grateful, emotional and overwhelmed. I’m just trying to live in the moment.
“Ultimate relief as I crossed the line. I was running for a gold, but to be honest I had such mixed emotions going into it because I was sort of grieving gold, but also wanting to fight for gold but also celebrating inside.
“I had so many different emotions crossing the line. Just being on the podium is a huge honour. Olympic cycles can be brutal and I know that more than anyone, so I’m so happy this cycle has worked out.”
Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, Imani Lansiquot, Amy Hunt and Daryll Neita won a silver medal in the women’s 4×100 metres relay, while Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Zharnel Hughes took home bronze in the men’s event.
Earlier on Friday, Elinor Barker and Neah Evans won Olympic silver for Team GB in the women's cycling Madison after a late charge saw Britain win the last of the sprints to move above the Netherlands.
Athletics
Ben Pattison secured a spot in Saturday's men's 800m final by finishing fourth in his semifinal.
He will compete against top qualifiers Algeria's Djamel Sedjati and Tshepiso Masalela of Botswana.
Great Britain's Amber Anning will also be running in the 400m final, after qualifying in fourth place.
Both men's and women's 4x400 relay teams placed second in their heats and will compete for a medal at Saturday's final.
Megan Keith and Eilish McColgan will have a chance for a medal in the women's 10,000m final.
Cycling
Jack Carlin won bronze in the cycling sprint final against Netherlands's Jeffrey Hoogland.
Carlin failed to qualify for gold after his loss against Netherlands's Harrie Lavreysen in the semifinal.
DivingGreat Britain’s Yasmin Harper and Grace Reid missed out on securing a medal in the women’s 3m springboard final.Just 13 days on from winning bronze in the synchronised event, a strong effort from Harper saw her finish fifth, while Reid had to settle for 10th.
Open Water Swimming
Hector Pardoe, who earned a world bronze medal earlier this year, failed to medal in the men's 10km swim final, placing sixth, far behind Kristof RasovszkyPardoe was forced to pull out of the open water swim in Tokyo in 2020 after taking a blow to the eye. This is Robinson’s first Games.
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