Human and Robot

Marathon records tumble

Marathon records continue to tumble.

In the London marathon the world records were broken in both the mens and womens events.

Sabastian Sawe broke the two-hour barrier with his 1:59:30 world record time.

Also in the London marathon, Tigst Assefa lowered the women's world record to 2:15:41.

And in the Moscow marathon, Aries Korir broke the half-marathon world record with a time of 59:35.

But wait, a Chinese humanoid robot developed by Chinese smartphone company Honor - broke the same record in the Beijing marathon with a time of 50:26.

How soon before we have a robot olympics?

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