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April’ s Beijing E-Town Half Marathon saw humanoid robots competing against human runners. A robot won the 21.1km course in 50:26, shaving nearly seven minutes off the 57:20 world record set by Jacob Kiplimo in March.
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An ecstatic Tumi Ramokgopa celebrates a second medal at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in August. She won silver in the 100m hurdles and in the 400m, where she set a new PB of 55.88 seconds.