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Apr
A record-breaking start to my London 2012 dream
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
On Saturday I had my first competition of 2010 at the beautiful new track at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, USA. This was also the official beginning of my quest for the 2012 Olympics when I will be 50.I have competed in almost 700 competitions to date in my 38-year competitive career but this meet felt very different, very surreal.
03
Feb
Age – the ultimate Olympic barrier
Wednesday, 03 February 2010
Last Thursday I got to talk for a few minutes on BBC Radio 5's show "London Calling". The theme of the programme was age and athletes "coming back" or trying to come back for 2012. I was the final guest for the show because I was the extreme: the athlete who will be 50 years old in 2012, an ambition I had revealed first on insidethegames last October.
I was surprised by the response I received about my ambitious goal but I think I understand why people were so vocal about my goals.
18
Oct
Proud to be British again and aiming for London 2012
Sunday, 18 October 2009
As I checked my e-mails a little after 8pm on Friday evening I noticed a message in my in-box from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). As I opened it and read it I realized this innocent looking e-mail was my official notification from the IAAF, from Pierre Weiss, IAAF General Secretary, granting my request for a change in "status".
01
Jun
Artists taking the lead – my entry
Monday, 01 June 2009
By Roald Bradstock - 1 June 2009
Last Friday was the last day for entries for the 2012 and the Arts Council's 'Artists Taking The Lead' project.
For those of you that do not know this project has a budget of £5.4 million for 12 new works of commissioned art, each worth up to £500,000.
26
May
The Cultural Paralympiad
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
By Roald Bradstock - 26 May 2009
There has been a lot of discussion about the Cultural Olympiad and its importance leading up to and during the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics - getting people around the country involved in celebrating the 2012 London Games. But there isn’t any mention about the Cultural Paralympiad? You never hear of that, do you?
07
May
Al Oerter – My inspiration, his legacy
By Roald Bradstock - 7 May 2009
Al Oerter winning 4 consecutive gold medals in the discus is a legendary accomplishment. Each time he competed he was never favorite to win and yet he rose up, overcoming adversity, to win again and again. He was a true competitor - the modern day discobolus - a modern day legend whose name and achievements have become synonymous with the modern Olympics
Oerter's last Olympic competition was in Mexico City in 1968 - over 40 years ago - but his Olympic journey did not end there. It continued off the field until the day he died on October 1, 2007.
10
Apr
Art and the Olympics
http://www.insidethegames.biz/blogs/6753-roald-bradstock-art-and-the-olympicsRoald Bradstock: Art and the Olympics
10 April 2009By Roald Bradstock - 10 April 2009 As an artist and an athlete I find the recent discussion about the "The Cultural Olympiad" and its role in the Olympics very interesting. A journalist wrote in an article recently that "it" would "be a tiny side show" to the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012. Unfortunately this is a point of view that many people may have, but what amuses me is that art and the arts is so intertwined with the Olympics that people cannot see it.
10
Apr
Art and the Olympics
By Roald Bradstock - 10 April 2009
As an artist and an athlete I find the recent discussion about the "The Cultural Olympiad" and its role in the Olympics very interesting. A journalist wrote in an article recently that "it" would "be a tiny side show" to the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.
Unfortunately this is a point of view that many people may have, but what amuses me is that art and the arts is so intertwined with the Olympics that people cannot see it.