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in 2009, he achieved the world's best performance for the 50 km walk – 3hr 38 min 45 sec.
At 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, Diniz was disqualified
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Diniz was disqualified from the 50 km walk
In July 2015, Diniz announced his withdrawal from the upcoming 2015 World Championships in Athletics because of persistent pain in his inguinal ligament
At the 2016 Summer Olympics he led the race, but due to gastrointestinal issues*, he fainted multiple times midrace.
* for clarity, gastrointestinal issues = expunging liquid from the rectal passage on multiple occasions in plain view
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the guy hasn't had a lot of luck. i hope he can hold his bowels in check this time and grab the gold his technique clearly deserves
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desperately need coffee but i just know i'm going to miss some sort of explosive development as soon as i go away for 3 mins