It helped , too , that he threw 72.78 m .
He was the 50 - year - old performance artist wearing a tracksuit top from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics , over the top of a kit emblazoned with the Union Jack that he had hand - painted .
It helped , too , that performance artist threw 72.78 m .
He was the 50 - year - old performance artist wearing a tracksuit top from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics , over the top of a kit emblazoned with the Union Jack that he had hand - painted .