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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andy Bull

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Now paris party is over what does new year hold for gb s olympians - What They Never Told You

Toby Roberts, Emma Wilson and Ben Proud in action
Toby Roberts, Emma Wilson and Ben Proud (left to right). Composite: PA; Getty Images; Action Images

Toby Roberts (gold, men’s boulder & lead sport climbing)

Toby Roberts’ last New Year’s Eve is all a bit of a blur. It’s not that he was drinking – anything but – just that he was in the thick of such a hellish stretch of specialist winter training that the days have all blended into one. His father, and coach, Tristian, eventually reminds him that they spent most of it doing a strength session on a climbing board with a couple of friends. “Oh,” Toby says, not quite recalling. “Honestly, my New Year’s Eve is not that exciting. I just do my same old.”

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