Sport climbers Toby Roberts and Hamish McArthur both booked their places in the final of the men’s boulder and lead competition at Paris 2024.
Roberts, 19, qualified second with a total score of 122.2 points after posting the joint-second highest lead score on Wednesday morning.
The Elstead climber was third after Monday’s boulder stage and made good on his strong start with an impressive lead performance to sit behind leader Sorato Anraku of Japan ahead of the final on Friday.
He is joined by compatriot McArthur, meaning Team GB are the only nation with two athletes in the men’s final, after the 23-year-old finished eighth.
The Yorkshireman finished comfortably ahead of Germany's Yannick Flohe to take the final qualification spot, posting a combined score of 79.3 points.
Consistency was the name of the game for McArthur, who finished eighth in both boulder and lead stages, and he revealed just how much he enjoyed competing on the Olympic stage.
He said: "The route I thought was really incredible. It was very much a puzzle, which I liked.
“There was a lot of people debating sequences and how to actually climb it. It was the kind of route that, when you climb it well, it feels quite easy, and if you climb it badly, it feels impossible.
“I’ve been a lot better at making sure that I'm (competing) for the right reasons and for myself.
“These moments are for my enjoyment of my life. I try and think of it like that, and I just put way less pressure on it. It's not based on my identity. I'm not needing to do it for anyone else or for any other reason than to make myself proud."
Roberts’ performance in qualification has laid down a marker heading into the final, where medals will be on offer, but the teenager is determined to keep fun at the forefront.
“Obviously I’ve got expectations because I’ve done well in the World Cups,” he said.
“For me it’s best to keep a clear head with no expectations because it’s the Olympics and I’ve never done the Olympics before. For me, it’s just about enjoying the competition really.
“It feels really strange competing on an Olympic stage with this massive crowd, but I’m happy to have kept a clear head and put in a good performance. When it’s just me and the wall, I don’t think about anything else.
“It’s going to be a completely different challenge and there is a short gap between the boulder and the lead in the final, which will test people’s energy systems and recovery.
“Doing a lead route on the back of four intense boulders is definitely a lot harder."
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