The second edition of the event, which will last five days, is being held at the National Speed Skating Oval in the nation's capital until August 26.

A humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor ran 100 meters in 9.32 seconds, China's state broadcaster reported on Saturday, beating the human world record held by Jamaican sprinting ...

Fourteen races, fourteen victories and a new world-record to boot. Few athletes in the world have had a more successful 2026 than American track and field star Masai Russell, if any at all. Marcel Hug ...

A Chinese humanoid robot reportedly ran the distance faster than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second world record, set in Berlin in 2009. (Image: X/@XH_Lee23) Humanoid robots competed in Beijing games. Robot ran ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Step aside, Usain Bolt, there's a new speed king in town - TienKung the robot. The Chinese humanoid, manufactured by the Beijing ...

China held its second World Humanoid Robot Games event in late August 2026 at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval, an event meant to display the country's advances in and commitment to robotics. The ...

BEIJING, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A Chinese humanoid robot ran 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in ‌Beijing on Saturday, faster than the men's world record ...

Chinese humanoid Tiangong Ultra clocks 9.39s, eclipsing Bolt’s 100m mark Usain Bolt's 100m world record has stood untouched for 17 years. Now, a humanoid robot has run the distance even faster.

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt shared his amused reaction to a Chinese robot, Tiangong Ultra, shattering his 100-metre world record, highlighting the evolving landscape of athletic achievement ...

As scintillating as it was to watch Bolt, it’s even more exciting knowing you don’t know who is going to win the race,' said ...