Toby Roberts wins a spectacular gold for Team GB as Katarina Johnson-Thompson trails Nafissatou Thiam going into the final event of the heptathlon.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is also well placed to claim a medal in the heptathlon, but she will have to race an outstanding 800m later on Friday to beat rival Nafissatou Thiam to the gold.
Roberts was in provisional first place when Sorato Anraku, the final climber and favourite, took to the 15-metre wall. "I have been training for this moment my whole life. To say it hasn't sunk in is an understatement. I imagine later it will be a flood of emotions."Johnson-Thompson headed into Friday with a narrow lead of 48 points over long-term rival Thiam, thanks to season's-best performances in the 100m hurdles and high jump, and a personal-best in the shot put.
Thiam will go into the final event, the 800m at 19:25 BST, with a lead of 121 points, meaning the Briton, who has never won an Olympic medal, needs to run around eight seconds faster to have a shot at the gold.Media caption,With pre-Games medal favourite Jake Wightman out with a hamstring injury, it looked like Team GB would be without a representative in the men's 800m final after Ben Pattison and Elliot Giles failed to qualify.
Meanwhile, in the men's event, Charles Dobson held off a late charge by the United States' Chris Bailey, who had a strong anchor leg to finish third after 16-year-old Quincy Wilson struggled in the opening lap. The water quality of the Seine has been a major talking point before and during Paris 2024, with the men's triathlon postponed by a day and several familiarisation training sessions cancelled because of the low water quality.
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