Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5-kilometer world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona as she finished a blockbuster year on a high.

That dominance stretches back to the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, NBC said — the first year the network had the domestic telecast rights to the games since the 1970s. “Our NBCUniversal team ...

Yomif Kejelcha broke the men's half-marathon world record, finishing in 57:30 at the Medio Maraton de Valencia in Spain to shave one second off the previous mark.