A homeless Brazilian man recently received international attention after a video of him competing in a running race in flip-flops went viral on social media.

When Isaque dos Santos Pinho decided to show up at the starting line of an 8km running race in his hometown of Garrafão do Norte on July 27, he had no idea it would change his life forever. The local homeless man had been drinking and thought that running would help alleviate the symptoms of a hangover, so even though he hadn’t registered for the competition like everyone else and was wearing flip-flops instead of running shoes, he darted from the crowd when the starting signal came. The moment was captured on camera by a drone flying overhead, and the footage of the visibly inebriated, flip-flop-wearing man giving it his all immediately got people curious on social media.

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