{"id":259115,"date":"2026-08-22T10:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/chinese-robot-runs-100m-sprint-quicker-than-usain-bolts-world-record\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T10:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:25:01","slug":"chinese-robot-runs-100m-sprint-quicker-than-usain-bolts-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/chinese-robot-runs-100m-sprint-quicker-than-usain-bolts-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese robot runs 100m sprint quicker than Usain Bolt\u2019s world record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Chinese \u2060smartphone maker Honor\u2019s self-developed humanoid \u2060robot Lightning \u2060ran \u200bthe 100m in 9.32 seconds, \u2060beating the human world \u2060record, China\u2019s \u200bstate broadcaster \u200creported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The humanoid \u200creached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second during \u200ca preparatory test event for \u200bthe second World Humanoid Robot Games, which \u2060begin on Saturday. This \u200bperformance surpassed \u200bthe \u200b9.58sec men\u2019s \u200b100m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2009\/aug\/16\/usain-bolt-world-record-100m-world-athletics-championships\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world record \u200bset \u200bby Usain Bolt<\/a> 17 years ago at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"aa04a642-e831-4e96-9bc9-db4a0acf96c0\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-174mzkf\"><span class=\"dcr-vyhg7z\"><svg width=\"18\" height=\"13\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 13\"><path d=\"M18 3.5v8l-1.5 1.5h-15l-1.5-1.5v-8l1.5-1.5h3.5l2-2h4l2 2h3.5l1.5 1.5zm-9 7.5c1.9 0 3.5-1.6 3.5-3.5s-1.6-3.5-3.5-3.5-3.5 1.6-3.5 3.5 1.6 3.5 3.5 3.5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1cipnsy\">A Galbot humanoid robot dives for the ball during a demonstration of a tennis match with a human player, before the opening ceremony for the second World Humanoid Robot Games, in Beijing.<\/span> Photograph: Florence Lo\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">China has been promoting humanoid robots as a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies \u200cbetting that advances in AI and hardware will accelerate their deployment in manufacturing, logistics \u200band consumer applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Lightning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/19\/humanoid-robots-race-beijing-half-marathon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also won the 21km Beijing half marathon in April<\/a> in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, faster than the elite men\u2019s \u2060human world-record pace. The robot stood 169cm tall and \u200bhad \u200b95cm legs at \u200bthe half marathon. Researchers have since lengthened \u200bits legs \u200cby 10\u200bcm for these Games, China Central Television reported.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-d9bay7\"><gu-island name=\"EmailSignUpWrapper\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;index&quot;:5,&quot;listId&quot;:4167,&quot;identityName&quot;:&quot;the-recap&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;article-based&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend\u2019s action&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Recap&quot;,&quot;frequency&quot;:&quot;Weekly&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;sport&quot;,&quot;illustrationSquare&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/media.guim.co.uk\/6fbc0eaaba34da9495b23b4743fa97f690c0b49f\/635_0_1235_1235\/1235.jpg&quot;,&quot;exampleUrl&quot;:&quot;\/sport\/series\/the-recap\/latest&quot;,&quot;idApiUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/idapi.theguardian.com&quot;}\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-5\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1ao0bwb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-12qa5gp\">\n<hr class=\"dcr-1cjdlyj\"\/>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-11zfjs0\">\n<div class=\"dcr-pspq5\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gx5ko4\">\n<p class=\"dcr-vf9hps\">Sign up to <span>The Recap<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1r7my33\">The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend\u2019s action<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-5\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-76akua\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<p><\/gu-island><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><em>This story will update<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/aug\/22\/chinese-robot-runs-100m-sprint-quicker-usain-bolt-world-record\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese \u2060smartphone maker Honor\u2019s self-developed humanoid \u2060robot Lightning \u2060ran \u200bthe 100m in 9.32 seconds, \u2060beating the human world \u2060record, China\u2019s \u200bstate broadcaster \u200creported. The humanoid \u200creached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second during \u200ca preparatory test event for \u200bthe second World Humanoid Robot Games, which \u2060begin on Saturday. This \u200bperformance surpassed \u200bthe \u200b9.58sec [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":259116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-259115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}