A Chinese marathon runner chain-smoked throughout a race – and nonetheless completed in lower than three and a half hours.
Nicknamed “Uncle Chen”, the serial smoker leant on the outdated behavior whereas finishing the Xin’anjiang Marathon close to Shanghai final week.
Chen, 50, completed the arduous race in simply 3hrs 28mins and positioned 574th out of greater than 1,500 opponents.
After footage of Chen went viral on social media web site Weibo, race organisers shared his race certificates and confirmed the spectacular ending time.
Chen has additionally been pictured chain-smoking whereas tackling different occasions, together with the 2018 Guangzhou Marathon and 2019 Xiamen Marathon.
He completed the 2018 race in 3hrs 36mins and the 2019 contest in 3hrs 32mins, Canadian Running Magazine reported.
Local media reportedly famous that Uncle Chen solely smokes when he runs.
Chen first achieved fame when racegoers branded him “Smoking Brother” throughout marathons in 2017.
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Most Weibo customers shared related love for Uncle Chen’s quirk.
But some identified that second-hand smoke may have an effect on his fellow opponents.
By-Shen wrote: “Whoever runs next to him is unlucky.”
While consumer Oriental Mountain requested: “Is this a doping violation?”
Source: information.sky.com”