Briton McNeice finishes fifth in climbing final

McNeice, from Kent, was competing at her first Olympics

Erin McNeice narrowly missed out on Team GB's second climbing medal in as many days as she finished fifth in the women's boulder and lead final.

A day after Toby Roberts won gold in the equivalent men's event, 20-year-old McNeice was fourth after the boulder section of the competition.

She was second to climb the wall in the lead element and set a competitive target of 127.6 points by making it two thirds of the way up the wall.

But McNeice was knocked off top spot by Japan's Ai Mori, who scored an impressive 96.1 points by almost completing the climb, and American Brooke Raboutou, Austrian Jessica Pilz and Slovenia's Janja Garnbret also passed her score.

Garnbret, who won gold when climbing made its Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago, won again with a score of 168.5.

Raboutou took silver and Pilz bronze.

Garnbret's second Olympic title adds to her eight World Championships golds and 41 World Cup wins, all by the age of 25.

McNeice has never won a major medal but a fifth-placed finish at her debut Olympics caps a breakout year which included two bronzes at qualifying events.