About this episode
The episode discusses recent athletic achievements, including a historic marathon and a competition between humans and robots.
While Kenya's Sabastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon on the weekend. becoming the first athlete to break the sub-two-hour mark, another world record was set the previous week, when a bright-red Chinese "bipedal humanoid" named "Lightning" lived up to its name in a half-marathon pitting humans against robots where it smoked the competition.
People in this episode
Guest: Charley Lineweaver
Topics covered
- marathon
- world record
- humanoid robots
- athletics
- competition
Keywords
- marathon
- world record
- Sabastian Sawe
- Lightning
- humanoid robot
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: London Marathon, Chinese
Products: Lightning
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