Welcome back. Lots of sport coming up for you now, and we've got Olympic stars queuing up to talk to you, Jackie, this morning. I wouldn't say that, but what happens the morning after the night before when they win their medals, they go to GB House, which is in the middle of the Guadeloupe, it's a big house that have been commandeered by Team GB. Where you were last week. Where I was last weekend. And the athletes can come through, get a little bit of breakfast. But mainly it's for media opportunities. And it's where all the media can gather and do, let's reflect. Let's reflect on your medal. So let's do that now. We are heading into the penultimate day of the Paris Olympics with 39 gold medals up for grabs. It comes after another glittering day for Team GB yesterday. I'm very glad to say that joining me now from Paris is Tobi Roberts, who won a gold medal for Team GB in the Boulder and lead climbing. Congratulations, Tobi. Good morning to you. You're 19. You're living the dream. How does it feel to hear those words again, Olympic champion.

Good morning. I'm still absolutely buzzing. It's been a very hectic day yesterday, and waking up today, I'm still just absolutely buzzing.

Tell us how the story unfolded in your event yesterday, because your event is Boulder and lead, I think I'm right in saying. You were sitting in the silver medal position, and you were quite happy with that. And then what happened?

Yeah, so it was a crazy competition yesterday. It came down to the very last climber who was going to win. So when I came down for my climb, I knew I'd won the silver medal. And like you said, I was incredibly, incredibly happy with that. And then to watch the Japanese climber when he fell off and then to look at my coaches and get confirmation that I just won the gold. It's like, wow, I've just achieved my dream. I'm an Olympic champion. And that's when all the emotions rush in. And it was just an incredible moment, the proudest moment of my life.

I bet it was probably quite That's surreal. And tell us what your event is, because it's quite new, isn't it? It came into the Olympics three years ago in Tokyo. You are a lead climber. You're a boulder climber. I watched some of the boulder at the start, and I've watched some of the speed climbing, which is just like Spider-Man. Incredible. But tell us what you have to do, because some of the feats are... Seeing is believing. It's very hard to believe what you do.

I compete in the combined discipline, which is boulder lead combined, and then the speed climbing is actually separate. That's where it's more of a race up the wall, but I compete in the boulder and lead. Bouldering is a lot more physical. It's a lot shorter. The moves are a lot harder. And there's four different boulders with 100 points up for grabs across the four boulders. And then we move on to the lead route, which is 100 points up for grabs on a much longer, more endurance-style route. So you really have to be like a Jack of all trades. You have to train both disciplines quite a lot.

Yeah, and you are so incredibly strong. How did you become so good at climbing? Was it that you were simply an overactive child and always climbing out of everything and into everything, and your parents went, We must do something with this child. How did it all happen?

I've always just had a passion for climbing, whether it's climbing trees, just climbing over barriers, climbing anything. And then when I found it as a sport in an after-school club, when I was just seven years old, I was instantly hooked, and And my parents were so incredibly supportive. Climbing is, even when I started when I was seven years old, it was such a small sport. And to see the growth it's getting in the last years in Tokyo and now in Paris, it's just incredible. And to be a part of that growth has been incredible as well. Climbing is just such an amazing sport, and I'm so proud to be a part of it.

And tell us the part your dad played in it all, because he planned this all, didn't he? He planned for you to become an Olympic champion, or at least an Olympian, and built a climbing wall in your garden and became a coach. That's quite something.

Yeah, so my dad's been my coach. He's always been my number one supporter as well. I'm so grateful to have him there, all the competitions, to have my back. And yeah, during the lockdown in 2020 due to COVID, all of the climbing was shut. So my dad managed to build a home board in my garden, which I did so much training on. I remember that year during COVID, I probably did some of my best training ever because there was nothing else to do. I would just go in the garden and just train and train, and train, and I probably made some of the biggest gains of my life during that year. So yeah, that was a really nice time.

Now, Tobi, tell us what happens now because you're 19. Olympic dream, tick. You go home, and you did say last night that you really wanted to go and party. I'm thinking you probably didn't get the opportunity because I know what it's like when you win. You've got so much media to do. Will you party tonight?

Yeah, so there has been quite a lot of media, but I'm really excited to go and celebrate. I'm excited to go and watch the women now, but who knows what will happen tonight. I'm excited to go and finally celebrate the moment because it's been a dream come true.

And when you get home, are you already thinking about the next Olympic cycle, or do you think, I need a little bit of a break, a bit of a breather just to let it all sink in? Yeah.

I think it'll be really... It's really It's important to take a breather after the competitions. If you go straight back into training, it can not be the best in the body. It's best to let the body recover. But I absolutely love training, competing, and LA will definitely be my next goal, as well as all the other Climbing World Cups, which will be towards the end of the season.

Very well done. Just one last thing. Can you hold up your medal for us? Because we can't see it on our screens, but if you hold it up, it's just so special, isn't it?

Did you take it off last night? No, I pretty much slept with it.

I'm not surprised. Many congratulations. To be Roberts, gold medal, climber for Team GB. Wasn't expecting it, but he did the best climb in the end. Tobi, enjoy your day. Thank you so much for joining us on Sky News.

Thank you so much. Thank you.