Jacob Kiplimo

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Ugandan male long-distance runner

Jacob Kiplimo is a Ugandan long-distance runner and world record holder in the half marathon. A four-time World Cross Country champion, Kiplimo won the junior race in 2017 and senior titles in 2023, 2024, and 2026. On the track, Kiplimo won bronze medals in the 10,000m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Athletics Championships. His personal bests of 12:40.96 in the 5000m and 26:33.84 in the 10,000m rank within the top ten all-time in those events. Kiplimo is also the third-fastest marathoner of all time, having run 2:00:28 at the 2026 London Marathon.

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Robot Beats Half-Marathon Record

A humanoid robot in China has completed a half-marathon seven minutes faster than the human world record.

Humanoid ‘Lightning’ robot smashes the half-marathon record The Verge — Apr 20, 15:42 PM
Robot beats human half-marathon world record France 24 — Apr 20, 15:16 PM
Humanoid robot breaks half-marathon world record after tripping into barricade Metro — Apr 20, 12:31 PM
Humanoid robot smashes human half-marathon world record in Beijing race Euronews — Apr 20, 09:58 AM
Beijing's robot half-marathon is back for its second year with far less embarassing results Engadget — Apr 19, 19:13 PM
Runners v robots at Beijing half marathon. #China #Beijing #Robots #BBCNews 📹 BBC News — Apr 19, 16:30 PM · 42sec
Robot runs half-marathon faster than human world record NBC News — Apr 19, 13:30 PM
Humanoid robots outrun humans in Beijing half-marathon 📹 Reuters — Apr 19, 12:57 PM · 1min
Chinese robot breaks human world record in Beijing half-marathon Fox News — Apr 19, 11:44 AM
Chinese robot beats humans to win Beijing half-marathon 📹 Sky News — Apr 19, 10:22 AM · 52sec
Robots vs humans: Beijing half-marathon delivers stunning result 📹 Al Jazeera — Apr 19, 10:22 AM · 2min
'New era': Humanoid robot outruns humans in Beijing half-marathon, beats world record France 24 — Apr 19, 09:07 AM
China hosts humanoid robots in Beijing half marathon Euronews — Apr 19, 08:01 AM
‘Chinese Humanoid Robots’ beat human winners in half-marathon race, again ‘proving’ Elon Musk right about China being Tesla’s only competitor Times Of India — Apr 19, 06:02 AM
Humanoid robots show rapid advances as they race past humans in Beijing half-marathon The Guardian — Apr 19, 04:57 AM
A humanoid robot beats the human half-marathon world record in Beijing AP News — Apr 19, 04:00 AM
Video shows humanoid robot setting record in half-marathon in Beijing CBS News — Apr 20, 15:39 PM
Robot beats human half-marathon world record • FRANCE 24 English 📹 France 24 — Apr 20, 15:16 PM · 48sec
A humanoid robot sprints to victory in Beijing, beating the human half-marathon world record LBC — Apr 20, 12:17 PM
This Humans vs. Robots Half-Marathon Didn’t Go Well… For Humans Huffington Post — Apr 20, 09:55 AM