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Tue 05 May 2007Cragg breaks recordATHLETICS:Alistair Cragg has smashed Mark Carroll's Irish 10,000-metres record at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Stanford University, California.Cragg recorded a time of 27 minutes 39.55 seconds, which was seven seconds faster than Carroll's previous record of 27:46.82. It is also well inside the 27:50.0 A-standard for both the World Championships in Osaka next August and the Olympics Games in Beijing next year.