Source link A man who completed the race while smoking cigarettes displayed “uncivilized behavior,” race organizers have said A 52-year-old athlete, identified in media reports as ‘Uncle Chen’, who chain-smoked his way through an entire marathon in China has been retroactively disqualified after race organizers determined his actions breached rules governing “uncivilized behavior.” The cigarette […]
Source link Double-amputee Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will be released from a South African prison in January, it was decided on Friday at a Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) hearing, nearly 11 years after he shot and killed his former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Often referred to by his nickname “Blade Runner” due to his […]
Source link A disciplinary panel has rejected Joasia Zakrzewski’s claims that she had become disoriented following a flight from Australia British ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been issued with a 12-month suspension after she was found to have used a car for a section of a 50 mile (80 km) race earlier this year, in […]