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TEAM GB’S Toby Roberts won gold in the men’s boulder and lead competition at the Paris Olympics today.
Roberts’ gutsy style has earned him the nickname “The Terminator” — associated with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in the 1980s US science fiction action film.
It was a moniker he had to explain after winning Great Britain’s first-ever Olympic sport climbing medal in boulder and lead — earned in dramatic fashion after Japanese favourite Sorato Amkaru fell within touching distance of gold — and he admitted he is not too comfortable with it.
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