Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoRunner in China who chain-smoked throughout marathon banned for two yearswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down18
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minus-squarezqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·edit-21 year agoThe 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
minus-squareIsoSpandy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoI read the whole article. I wish Wikipedia articles had a comment section just or this article. What a wild ride.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThose are…surprisingly good marathon times, considering.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhat, the rat poison? Maybe but the guy was wrecked pretty much afterward and barely even finished. Could hardly walk for part of it.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI 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.
minus-squareTheSilverShroud@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoSomething about the professional, detached tone combined with the absolute slapstick insanity of the article’s content makes this perfect comedy
minus-squareDinosaurSrlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoHoly hell this is definitely worth a read 😂
minus-square18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat was amazing. Thanks for sharing.
minus-squarezqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou should give the podcast a listen, I forgot the 1904 olympics was 7 months long.
minus-squareo2inhaler@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agohttps://youtu.be/FDXnul5foxU?si=-pHYPKsG4RWOHqza this video is also about the same race
minus-squareNovaPrime@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoA related video that’s worth a watch for the sheer insanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myM5SY1mHoA
minus-squarezqwzzle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe dollop also did an episode on this olympics that is hilarious https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLjcX163WI
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
I read the whole article. I wish Wikipedia articles had a comment section just or this article. What a wild ride.
Those are…surprisingly good marathon times, considering.
It’s a stimulant.
What, the rat poison?
Maybe but the guy was wrecked pretty much afterward and barely even finished. Could hardly walk for part of it.
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.
Right? I can’t even finish one.
Something about the professional, detached tone combined with the absolute slapstick insanity of the article’s content makes this perfect comedy
Holy hell this is definitely worth a read 😂
That was amazing. Thanks for sharing.
You should give the podcast a listen, I forgot the 1904 olympics was 7 months long.
https://youtu.be/FDXnul5foxU?si=-pHYPKsG4RWOHqza this video is also about the same race
A related video that’s worth a watch for the sheer insanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myM5SY1mHoA
The dollop also did an episode on this olympics that is hilarious https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFLjcX163WI