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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Runner in China who chain-smoked throughout marathon banned for two years

www.independent.co.uk

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Runner in China who chain-smoked throughout marathon banned for two years

www.independent.co.uk

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Man popularly known as Uncle Chen earns title of ‘smoking brother’ in China
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    The winner of the 1904 marathon was given rat poison. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics_–_men's_marathon

    Entire story is wild.

    For podcast people the dollop also did an episode on this olympics. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLjcX163WI

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      I read the whole article. I wish Wikipedia articles had a comment section just or this article. What a wild ride.

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      Those are…surprisingly good marathon times, considering.

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        It’s a stimulant.

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          What, the rat poison?

          Maybe but the guy was wrecked pretty much afterward and barely even finished. Could hardly walk for part of it.

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            I see, that’s too much then. I mean it’s primarily a poison but I think it’s from the same family as nicotine, interestingly enough.

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        Right? I can’t even finish one.

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      Something about the professional, detached tone combined with the absolute slapstick insanity of the article’s content makes this perfect comedy

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      Holy hell this is definitely worth a read 😂

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      That was amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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        You should give the podcast a listen, I forgot the 1904 olympics was 7 months long.

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      https://youtu.be/FDXnul5foxU?si=-pHYPKsG4RWOHqza this video is also about the same race

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        Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

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      A related video that’s worth a watch for the sheer insanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myM5SY1mHoA

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        The dollop also did an episode on this olympics that is hilarious https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLjcX163WI

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