Toby Roberts, the Olympic gold medalist, reports on Instagram that he has done Gancho Perfecto (9a) in Margalef. At just 15 years old, in 2020, Roberts completed his first 9a route, though he has since focused more on competition climbing. (c) Javi Pec

Now 19, Roberts recently won the Lead World Cup although he skipped last weekend's event in Seoul. In the Boulder World Cup, he placed 6th and would have needed to win the final event to secure a double victory.

Lana Skušek, who two weeks ago did her first 8c, has ticked Talk is cheap! (8c) in Mišja Peč. Two months ago, the Slovenian was #8 in the Euro Championship.

” I tried Talk is Cheap for the first time just before Strelovod (8c) and it was the first project I envisioned for myself. Circumstances led me to climb Strelovod first, and then I went back to Talk is Cheap. During my first attempt, I managed to do all the moves. In the next few attempts, I changed the beta a bit, and I felt like I could climb it.

Yesterday, everything fell into place, and I succeeded. I’m very happy and proud of myself because I wouldn’t normally consider this type of route my style, and I think I proved a lot to myself with this achievement. Moreover, the conditions were far from perfect; the top was actually quite wet.”