Bolt unfazed by robot's record run, eyes

Most athletes might bristle at seeing their records being broken. When eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt learned that a robot in China had eclipsed his 100-metres world record by almost a second, he was rather amused by the turn of events.



"It's just one of those things. I guess that's where the world is going right now," the Jamaican said with a laugh and a shrug. "It just made me smile."



A couple of weeks ago, "Robot beats Bolt" was splashed across headlines after Tiangong Ultra won the 100m final at the second World Humanoid Robot Games, clocking 8.64 seconds, almost a second faster than Bolt's 9.58 world-record set in 2009.



The 40-year-old Bolt was in relaxed form as he met reporters in Budapest on the final day of the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship, delivering a stream of anecdotes and one-liners that showed why he remains one of athletics' most magnetic personalities.



Bolt reflected on his place in sporting history and how he hoped to be remembered, saying his ambition was never simply to dominate athletics, but to transcend it.