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Published 12 days ago

Meet Toby ‘The Terminator’ Roberts: the teenager set for Olympic heights

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The 19-year-old climbing protege is backed by dad Tristian, who built a wall in the garden and coached his son to the topWhen climbing’s Tokyo 2020 debut was announced in 2016, 12-year-old Toby Roberts from Surrey was “instantly hooked” by an Olympic dream but he would be too young to compete in Japan. Instead he hatched an eight-year plan targeting the 2024 Games, with non-climber dad Tristian supporting as rope-holder, coach, taxi “and bank” –…

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Meet Toby ‘The Terminator’ Roberts: the teenager set for Olympic heights

The 19-year-old climbing protege is backed by dad Tristian, who built a wall in the garden and coached his son to the topWhen climbing’s Tokyo 2020 debut was announced in 2016, 12-year-old Toby Roberts from Surrey was “instantly hooked” by an Olympic dream but he would be too young to compete in Japan. Instead he hatched an eight-year plan targeting the 2024 Games, with non-climber dad Tristian supporting as rope-holder, coach, taxi “and bank” –…

12 days ago·London, United Kingdom
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