Olympics

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As part of the Art of Sporting Heritage Month, we are delighted to be joined by Roald Bradstock, “The Olympic Picasso” As an Olympic athlete, representing Great Britain and the US as a Javelin thrower, and as an Olympic artist with a wealth of experience in...

Going for the Old sports-masters December 10, 2021 By Roald Bradstock My days of competing in the Olympic Games and going for the Gold are long, long gone.  But that doesn’t mean my days of competing are over, even though I am just a few months shy from turning...

Where Sport Meets Arts and Culture The Olympic Agora is a lively cultural destination in the host city of the Olympic Games, with dynamic exhibitions, artistic interventions, special events and digital activations. As every edition of the Olympic Games is played out in an atmosphere of excellence,...

Tokyo Olympics Gets Cultural Hub   The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, which are set to open in the Japanese capital next month after being delayed by a year because of the pandemic, will be accompanied by a new cultural hub called Olympic Agora. Running from July 1...

“Olympic Agora” cultural hub to open ahead of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020   Featuring a series of art installations, exhibitions and digital programmes celebrating Olympism, the first-ever Olympic Agora will commemorate the cultural aspect of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. The programme will feature a site-specific legacy...

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Behind the curtains of the art studio   Roald Bradstock, Lanny Barnes and Jean Blaise Evequoz, the three Olympian artists involved in this initiative spent 2 weeks inside the art studio. Today, they remember funny, sweet and touching pieces of life live from the art workshop. Discover...

Students at St. Lawrence High School in Kolkata expressed how they are "united by Olympism".
On 23 June, St. Lawrence High School in Kolkata, India celebrated Olympic Day with a little inaugural ceremony where Rev. Fr. Sebastian James SJ introduced the global drawing competition Expression 2018 to guests and students present. This competition ended Saturday 30 June.

IFE 07/02/2018 10:30 EET Η ελληνοαμερικανίδα Alexi Pappas θα συμμετάσχει στους Καλλιτεχνικούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες Newsroom HuffPost Greece ALBERTO E. RODRIGUEZ VIA GETTY IMAGES Για το φετινό του δημιουργικό της πρόγραμμα, η Διεθνής Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή κάλεσε μια ομάδα από Ολυμπιακούς Αθλητές, όχι για να συμμετάσχουν στους Αγώνες, αλλά ως Φιλοξενούμενοι...

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Will Olympic Painter compete in Malaga?  Over 40 years a World class thrower

He is conspicuous even in the largest crowd; he competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics Games, narrowly missing out on the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he was still in the running for selection for the British team in the London 2012 Olympics although he was then aged over 50, only missing out on the B Standard by cms throwing the 800g javelin out to 72.78m. He is of course Roald Bradstock the flamboyant spear throwing Painter, fondly referred to by his huge social media followers as the Olympic Picasso.

Ajanta Chakraborty | TNN | Jun 23, 2018, 08:37 ISTTNN[ Ajanta Chakraborty ]
KOLKATA: After a grand success of 'Expression 2017', St. Lawrence High School (SLHS), Kolkata, India, in association with their alumni St. Lawrence Old Boys' Association (SLOBA) are organizing an international Drawing and Painting competition 'Expression 2018' tomorrow to celebrate Olympic Day and promote Olympic values and peace among school children. Theme this year is 'Olympic Games and Youth' as the world will be coming together for 3rd Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October this year.

Listen to the interview The Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is the second time South Korea has hosted, after the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul. One man competing back then was Roald Bradstock, who represented Great Britain in the javelin. 30 years on, he's back in South Korea -...