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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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[–] Kalkaline@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's the point of disqualifying him? We all know he finished. It's not like he gets any prize money for it.

[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It looks like it's the following:

the Xiamen Marathon confirmed that a participant violated an article of its rules and regulations, which prohibits "open defecation, smoking, or trampling on flower beds or green spaces."

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Covert defecation still permitted, though.

[–] celeste@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

I hope so!