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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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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why do I feel like I have seen this photo before? So weird.

[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This happened two years ago, and was a Twitter meme. You may have saw it in 2022

[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It happened this year on the 7th of January, at least to my understanding:

Chinese marathon runner, 52, is disqualified for CHAIN-SMOKING throughout entire race - which he finished in 3hr 33min || 18 January 2024

Uncle Chen, nicknamed the 'Smoking Brother', managed to complete the Xiamen Marathon in three hours and 33 minutes on January 7 this year.

[–] Hazmatastic@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

It does feel very familiar, glad I'm not alone. I feel like he looks like some asshole business exec who was disgraced for some reason? Could be way off though