Bradstock boasts world's No.1 javelin video
Tue 23/11/2010 10:00
Veteran javelin thrower
Roald Bradstock has been something of a spikesmag.com favourite and the colourful British spear ace confirmed he is the possessor of the most watched javelin throw of all time, spikesmag.com reports.
Bradstock, 48, still an active thrower, believes
a video of him performing a standing throw 25 years ago titles “World Longest Standing Throw” is now the most watched javelin video with more than 650,000 hits.
The US-based British athlete represented Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and competed at the US Olympic Trials in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
Last year he posted a world javelin record for a 47-year-old with a 72.49m effort.
An impressive artist the self-styled “Olympic Picasso” has also competed in random objects competitions and was hurled a vinyl record 112m and a mobile phone 132yrds in the past.
He regularly posts video on YouTube at roald62.
To view the world’s most popular javelin video go to
http://www.youtube.com/user/Roald62?feature=mhum#p/a/f/0/t9pt5hzOYmc