IT之家May 17 news, on May 17, Honor officially announced that Sabastian Sawe, the Kenyan long-distance running star who became the first person in human history to complete a marathon in under two hours, has been appointed as the "Honor Global Chief Running Officer."

That afternoon, Honor's self-developed robots 'Lightning' (闪电) and 'Yuanqizai' (元气仔) walked into Nanjing University to participate in the campus graduation season interactive event. At the event, Savi (萨维) sent blessings to the graduates of Nanjing University via video and paid a remote tribute to the robot 'Lightning' (闪电), which broke the human half-marathon record.

In the video, Savi expressed amazement at the rapid development of Chinese robotics technology.

He exclaimed that it took humanity 118 years to push the full marathon result under 2 hours, while it took only 7 months from project launch for Honor "Lightning" to break the human half marathon record. "Humans and technology have never been about one replacing the other — it's that as we run forward, it also runs forward; as we push our limits, it also redefines the boundaries." Based on this, Savi said he is very much looking forward to standing shoulder to shoulder at the starting line with "Lightning" in the future, giving it his all in a head-to-head competition.

As the "challenged" target, the robot "Lightning" had already proven its strength on the track. According to data, "Lightning" won the 2026 Beijing Yizhuang Humanoid Robot Half Marathon with a time of 50 minutes and 26 seconds. Robots from Honor even swept the top six positions in the event, marking the first time a robot broke the human half-marathon world record.

Advertisement Disclaimer: This article contains external jump links (including but not limited to hyperlinks, QR codes, passwords, etc.) to convey more information and save selection time. The results are for reference only. All articles on IThome include this disclaimer.