On April 19, thousands of athletes ran alongside more than 100 humanoid robots in the 2026 Beijing E-Town Humanoid Robot Half-Marathon. A five-and-a-half-foot-tall, self-navigating android called Lightning ended up squashing the competition,

A humanoid robot named 'Lightning' broke the human record for fastest half-marathon during a race on Sunday in Beijing, China, according to reports.

A Chinese technology company proved that if the robots do rise up against us, we're probably not going to be able to outrun them.

Gout Gout also broke the Australian record in the 200m.

A 16-year-old from New Zealand has set a new world record for the fastest mile run by an under–18 athlete. Sam Ruthe crossed the finish line in an extraordinary 3:48.88 minutes at the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, United States on Saturday ...