Kramer breaks track record in 10,000 in Norway meet

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HAMAR, Norway (AP) -- Sven Kramer broke a track record in the 10,000 meters by 23.19 seconds at a World Cup speedskating meet Sunday.

The 23-year-old Dutchman finished in 12 minutes, 50.96 seconds to lower the mark set by Norway's Lasse Satre in 2006 on the Olympic Viking Ship track.

Kramer was paired with Olympic champion Bob de Jong of the Netherlands, who finished second in 12:54.97.

Kramer, the defending world 10,000 champion, set the world record of 12:41.69 in March 2007 at Salt Lake City, Utah.

After three of six races, Kramer leads the standings with 300 points. De Jong is second with 210.

Kristina Groves of Canada won the women's 1,500 in 1:55.16. Ireen Wust of the Netherlands was next in 1:55.95 and Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic took third in 1:56.34.

Groves tops the standings with 230 points, 26 ahead of Wust.

The meet was held at the indoor Viking Ship oval, site of the speedskating events during the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics.

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