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A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course (www.businessinsider.com)

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A Chinese man was disqualified from the Xiamen Marathon for chain-smoking during the race, violating a new rule against uncivilized behavior.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago

They wanted him to fail so they could bemoan the evils of smoking. When he succeeded the resorted to bureaucracy to rob him of his prize.