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Beijing, China – 26 August, 2026

1. Various of 100m final, with a new record and robots crashing into padded barrier
2. Men rush with fire extinguishers to put out robot on fire
3. Mid of sign of new record 8.64, pan to men retrieving broken robots
4. Close of screen showing slow mo of race
5. Various red robot does Usain Bolt's gesture and waves to crowds, not winning robot

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Beijing, China - 22 August 2026

6. Continuous of 100-meter exhibition sprint, where the Tianzhuo Team’s Tiangong Ultra (track 1) achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, breaking human record of 9.58 seconds
7. Various of robots hitting padded barrier and being carried away

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Beijing, China – 22 August, 2026

8 Robots running

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Beijing, China – 25 August, 2026

9. Robot running
10. Robots sprinting and hitting the padded barrier
11.Audience taking pictures
12. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Jingsheng, Spectator
“I think the technical difficulty of this race is quite high. Their running speed is basically faster than a person's 100 meter speed, and their movements and forms are well maintained, basically able to balance themselves, which is not easy.”

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Beijing, China – 22 August, 2026

13. Various of robots in high jumping contest
14. Various of robots racing

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Beijing, China – 24 August, 2026

15. Various of robots in weight lifting event

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Beijing, China – 25 August, 2026

16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Ding Gang, member of a robot weight lifting team
“I was shocked by the strength demonstrated by all the robots in different events, such as high jump, long jump, and so on. With this level of motor and algorithm, I think robots can do anything without any problem. In addition, there are also demonstrations of operational tasks that robots can complete autonomously. I believe that robots entering human households is just around the corner, and all this is exciting.“

17. Various of robots street dancing

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Beijing, China – 23 August, 2026

18. Various of robots performing martial arts moves

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Beijing, China – 25 August, 2026

19. Wide of audience
20. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Liu Ding, Spectator
“What we are seeing is athletic competition, and many people may say that it doesn't have much significance for robots, but I think we can see many details of robots, such as coordination, limb grasping ability or precision, which will be used in various areas in the future, so it is not just a competition.”

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Beijing, China – 24 August, 2026

21. Various of robots in kick boxing match

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Beijing, China – 25 August, 2026

22. SOUNDBITE (English) Mao Jingwen, member of a robot boxing team
“People are willing to pay their money to see the professional boxing fight because it’s thrilling and exciting, and it has blood and cheer and everything. I think in the upcoming years maybe we will have robot fight and people will pay their money to watch. Maybe in the weekends you want to relax so you go to see the robot fight maybe.”

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Beijing, China – 23 August, 2026

23. Robot falling and crashing in a race, before catching fire with sparks and smoke coming from it
24. Another robot crashes
25. Crashed robot being carried away on stretcher

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