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4/27/2026

London Marathon star Sawe says ‘nothing is impossible’ after sub-2-hour record run

Sabastian Sawe said he was living proof “nothing is impossible” after becoming the first athlete to break the two-hour barrier in an official competition to win the London Marathon in a world record 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. The Kenyan defended his 2025 title, beating debutant Yomif Kejelcha by 11 seconds. The Ethiopian runner-up also crossed the line in an astonishing 1:59:41 hours, while Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda finished third in 2:00:28. All three were faster than the previous...

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Queniano Sebastian Sawe se torna primeiro atleta a correr maratona oficial em menos de 2 horas

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Queniano Sebastian Sawe se torna primeiro atleta a correr maratona oficial em menos de 2 horas

Sebastian Sawe fez história neste domingo ao vencer a Maratona de Londres com o tempo de 1h59min30s, tornando-se o primeiro atleta da história a correr uma prova oficial dessa distância em menos de duas horas. O queniano de 30 anos superou o recorde mundial anterior de Kelvin Kiptum, que faleceu em 2024. Yomif Kejelcha (Etiópia) ficou com a prata (1h59min41s) e Jacob Kiplimo (Uganda) com o bronze (2h00min28s).

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‘Silent assassin’ Sabastian Sawe targets world record with supershoe in London Marathon

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4/24/2026

‘Silent assassin’ Sabastian Sawe targets world record with supershoe in London Marathon

Kenyan taking part in only his fifth career marathonJacob Kiplimo and Tamirat Tola among his main rivalsThey call Sabastian Sawe the silent assassin. And, whisper it, but the Kenyan may just take down the men’s world marathon record in London on Sunday.It is an imposing target, set by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023, which stands at two hours and 35 seconds. But Sawe believes he is in similar shape to when he went for the world record in Berlin last September, only to be thwarted by temperatures in the mid-20s centigrade. Continue reading...

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4/20/2026

Robotlar, Pekin yarı maratonunda koşucuların rekorunu kırdı

Çin'in başkenti Pekin'de düzenlenen yarı maratonda insansı robot, 21 kilometrelik parkuru dünyanın en hızlı koşucularından bile daha kısa sürede, 50 dakika 26 saniyede tamamlayarak yarı maraton dünya rekorunu kırdı. Bu sonuç, Jacob Kiplimo'nun yakın zamanda kırdığı 57 dakikalık dünya rekorundan önemli ölçüde daha hızlı. Bu yılın kazanan robotu, Çinli akıllı telefon üreticisi Honor tarafından üretildi.

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Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half marathon

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4/19/2026

Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half marathon

Winning robot runs faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world recordMore than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humansThey can already carry the shopping, cook and clean. Now they can run and win half marathons.In perhaps the most unusual spectacle ever seen at the end of the 13.1-mile (21.1km) race, robots flew over the finish line ahead of the humans for the first time in Beijing on Sunday. And there wasn’t a bead of sweat in sight. Continue reading...

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Winner of Beijing robot half-marathon smashes human world record by 6 minutes

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4/19/2026

Winner of Beijing robot half-marathon smashes human world record by 6 minutes

The winner of a robot half-marathon held in Beijing on Sunday smashed the human world record by more than six minutes in the latest display of the industry’s rapid development. The humanoid device, known as Lightning, was developed by the Chinese smartphone and gadget company Honor, which only entered the sector last year. Its finishing time of 50 minutes 26 seconds was far quicker than the men’s world record of 57:20 held by the Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo and around 17 minutes faster than the...

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4/19/2026

Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half-marathon

Winning robot records faster time than Jacob Kiplimo’s world record More than 100 robots run in parallel tracks to avoid collisions with humansDozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, having lagged far behind a year earlier.The race’s inaugural edition last year was riddled with mishaps, as many robots struggled to get off the starting line, and most were unable to finish. Continue reading...

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