Toby Roberts wins great semifinal

"This was good fun and I had quite good control of the first three boulders," Toby Roberts (18) comments winning a great semifinal in front of 2 000 spectators. Tomoa Narasaki said he appreciated the different styles of the boulders with a lot of coordination and powerful moves and also the support from the big crowd. Japan got four to the final and Korea one. Interestingly, all the Asians mainly boulder or do circuits as their training. There is no structured training and they basically just show up at the gym and start bouldering.

Talking more to Roberts and his dad, who is his coach, they have a more analytic approach and try to focus a lot on weaknesses. They have been focusing on Paris 2024 for many years now. (An interview is coming up.) Noteworthy is also that both Roberts (18) and Soratu Anraku (16), who was #2 in the semi, have until 2022 had better results in Lead.

1. Toby Roberts GBR 34 (6)
2. Sorato Anraku JPN 34 (7)
3. Tomoa Narasaki JPN 34 (8)
4. Dohyun Lee KOR 34 (12)
5. Meichi Narasaki JPN 23 (6)
6. Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN 23 (7)
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