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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 2 points 10 months ago

I understand kicking him out of the race while it's going, but it sounds like it was after the fact that they took action.