Compiled by RAHIMY RAHIM, C.ARUNO AND R.ARAVINTAN
HONG KONG superstar Chow Yun-fat, who is an avid runner, was unhappy with his half marathon time despite completing the 21km run in less than two and a half hours.
China Press reported that the 68-year-old left the starting point at 8.30am on Sunday and crossed the finish line just before 11am, recording a time of 2’26:08.
When he reached the finish line, Chow could be seen sending flying kisses towards cameras and taking selfies with his fans.
Despite his achievement, Chow said he was not satisfied as it was four minutes slower than his goal.
He joked that his wife Jasmine Tan will be deducting his salary because of this.
Chow added that completing the 21km race required a lot of patience and he looked forward to participating in future events.
> A man in China who chain smoked throughout an entire marathon was banned from participating in races for two years, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The 52-year-old Chen made headlines in 2022 after finishing a marathon in Xiamen while being filmed smoking the entire event.
He finished the race in 574th place after clocking 3’30:00.
In January this year, Chen continued his antics while completing another marathon in Xiamen in 3’33:00.
However, the organisers deemed that he had broken the rules by smoking during the race.
They decided to disqualify him and ban him from races for two years. They made a report to the Chinese Athletics Association and urged them to punish Chen.
> A man in Shenzhen, China, went viral online after he hung a banner on his car announcing the name of the man who he claimed slept with his wife, China Press reported.
Photos on social media showed a red banner on his sedan which read “Shen Xin employee Chen (name censored) seduced my wife”.
According to him, his wife had cheated on him with a man named Chen who works for a tech company.
The viral photo led to an online manhunt for the wife. Internet users were stunned after finding out that the wife was a pretty woman with a voluptuous figure.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
