▁rings ▁painted ▁on ▁it , ▁and ▁his ▁final ▁" number " ▁was ▁a ▁red , ▁white ▁and ▁blue ▁out fit ▁that ▁he ▁said ▁later ▁was ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁July ▁ 4 , ▁America ' s ▁independence ▁day . ▁ ▁Brad stock ' s ▁ant ics ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁got ▁national ▁and ▁international ▁coverage . ▁▁ ▁In ▁a ▁news ▁conference ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁event ▁where ▁he ▁placed ▁ 1 6 th , ▁he ▁was ▁bes ie ged ▁by ▁rep or ters . ▁ ▁Comp eting ▁in ▁his ▁ 7 th ▁Olympic ▁Tri als ▁and ▁being ▁the ▁oldest ▁person ▁at ▁the ▁Olympic ▁Tri als ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 4 6 ▁was ▁of ▁little ▁interest , ▁but ▁what ▁was ▁of ▁interest ▁was ▁his ▁" e cc ent ric " ▁media ▁st unt , ▁his ▁hand ▁painted ▁out f its , ▁his ▁b izar re ▁YouTube ▁videos ▁document ing ▁a ▁long ▁list ▁of ▁World ▁Records ▁for ▁throwing ▁strange ▁objects ▁from ▁dead ▁fish ▁to ▁i Ph ones , ▁to ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁nick name ▁for ▁him . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁four ▁years ▁leading ▁up ▁to ▁Brad stock ' s ▁historic ▁ 8 th ▁Olympics ▁Tri als , ▁this ▁time ▁for ▁the ▁UK , ▁Brad stock ▁received ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁press ▁coverage ▁on ▁the ▁radio , ▁TV , ▁newsp apers ▁and ▁mag az ines ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁featured ▁in ▁a ▁document ary ▁hosted ▁by ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁Olympic ▁Figure ▁Sk ating ▁Champion ▁Peg gy ▁F lem ing ▁on ▁the