▲ 272 ▼ A Chinese man who chain-smoked his way through a marathon was disqualified for smoking on the course (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments A Chinese man was disqualified from the Xiamen Marathon for chain-smoking during the race, violating a new rule against uncivilized behavior.
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) ah, I suppose that's a fair point. I said "run", not "compete". I love my mom and I'm proud of her for both quitting and picking up running, but she definitely couldn't compete in our town's annual 5k celebration run permalink fedilink source parent