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The Cultural Paralympiad

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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...

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Al Oerter – My inspiration, his legacy

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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 favourite to win and yet he rose up, overcoming adversity, to win again and again.  He was a...

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Roald Bradstock: Art and the Olympics

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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"...

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