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NEVER BEFORE HAVE AMERICAN SKIERS!AND THEIR FANS! HAD SUCH HIGH HOPES FOR OLYMPIC SUCCESS. THE RUSSIAN GAMES PROMISE TO BE A STAR"SPANGLED SPECTACLE. DON’T MISS A MINUTE. By Kelley McMillan and Nathaniel Vinton

At the 1998 Olympics in racing powerhouse. athletes who, by virtue of their Gold RushNagano, , America’s Credit goes at least in part talent and example, seemed to racers won exactly one to U.S. Ski and elevate the performance of the medal—’s Association CEO Bill Marolt, entire group. super-G gold. It was a dismal who retires this year after 18 Now the American alpine showing but not unusual. years (see page 104). Marolt has crew, anchored by Vonn (if Despite flashes of true endured criticism—for being she’s healthy), Miller, GS ace greatness over the years, from very well compensated, among , big-event specialist Mead to the Mahres, the U.S. other things. But almost , and 18-year-old Team had never earned much everyone now acknowledges slalom champ Mikaela Shiffrin, respect on the world stage. that he’s been a savvy executive is poised to launch a blitzkrieg And yet by 2010, an and effective fundraiser. on the ski-racing events at

COURTESY OF HEAD OF COURTESY astonishing transformation had Sheer luck also played a role. . "row in the best taken place. American alpine Marolt’s tenure has coincided freeskiers on the planet (always racers brought home eight with the rise of some of the a U.S. strength) and a suddenly medals from the greatest American racers ever, respectable nordic team (once Games, a record for the U.S. Ski including , Bode unimaginable), and the U.S. Ski Team, establishing it as a ski- Miller, and — Team has never looked better.

Bode Miller’s goals for the Games—and the season—might seem ridiculously lofty. But he’s . This will be entertaining.

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5#63 &($$32 AGE 36 BodeHOMETOWN Franconia, N.H. WINS 5 Olympic medals, 5 World Champi- onship medals, 33 World Cup wins The freakishly young and talented Torin TITLES 8 (3 combined, Yater-Wallace. Can 2 overall, 2 an Aspen 15-year-old super G, 1 GS) win halfpipe gold? EQUIPMENT Head SPONSOR

America’s most decorated male ski racer and the sport’s favorite bad boy, Bode Miller is now a married man and father of two, contemplating retire- ment. Despite his time away from the Bode Snurfed slopes—he spent the last year and a (Did Not Inhale) half recovering from a knee injury— We’ve heard about the rustic don’t underestimate Miller. Remember cabin where 713 #$%&'()*: 8(** #9 63:71 9#2 9233*8((;<= his epic three-medal haul in the 2010 Bode Miller grew up, off the Olympics? That came on the heels of grid and never on level ground. With the addition of in the ’90s with a renegade to have people that commit an injury and a season spent mostly There beside a mossy stream, and halfpipe to the Sochi group of Canadian bump ski- to that one precise thing for away from the sport. So watch out, his hippie parents taught lineup, the 2014 Games mark ers, including J.P. Auclair and many years, and that’s what world. Bode is back. —K.M. their kids to push limits and ’s debut in the Mike Douglas, who thought the Olympics do,” Auclair challenge convention, making Olympics. In slopestyle, ath- overregulation of competitive says. “On the other hand, if it HOW DO YOU FEEL COMING BACK Bode’s storied career a sort of letes launch tricks off of rails, mogul stifled athletes’ affects the spirit of the sport, FROM INJURY? belated triumph of the ’60s. Anytime you’re coming back from But almost as important walls, and jumps in a terrain creativity and the sport’s that used to bother me. But injury, it’s a little bit different. I feel was a backyard toy that Jo park. Halfpipe has been the progression. individuality and creativity will ready, like I’ve had enough time to and Woody Miller gave Bode in exclusive domain of high-flying Freeskiing’s founding fathers happen, whether it’s in the recover. This injury is something I’ve 1979 (for Christmas, Jo thinks). snowboarders, but skiers go have mixed feelings about Olympics or not.” been dealing with for a bunch of years. The Snurfer, a precursor to the even higher, executing even their sport’s Olympic induc- The U.S. fields the best snowboard, soon became his more complicated tricks. tion. “If you want to see a high freeskiing squad in the world. WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE SEASON? preferred means of descending Jib-style freeskiing started level of anything, you have Medal hopes are high. —K.M. My goals are to race a whole season, the steep, icy path from the every race, every event. All the objec- cabin to Route 116 in Easton. tive goals I’ve had over my career, I’d “He got pretty good at navigat- like to see if I could accomplish them in ing that hill,” Woody recalls. !"##$%&#"$ '( )*'+, i Simon Dumont, Jen Hudak, and Torin Yater-Wallace in halfpipe; one season—winning the overall, Olym- Invented in the 1960s by Sammy Carlson, Bobby Brown, and Grete Eliassen in slopestyle. WSI/AFP champion pic medals, breaking 2,000 points Sherman Poppen of Wisconsin, Gus Kenworthy is a double threat. on the men’s side. I’d love to have the the Snurfer was a wide, short ski men’s record. The Hahnenkamm and with no bindings. The user stood -(./0$ i Olympic champ and bronze medalist Bryon Wilson. being the first American male to win with one foot ahead of the other $%& +"($$ i and World Cup star John Teller, Joe Swensson, and Langley McNeal. the downhill title are in there too. Being and steered with the help of a healthy and happy are my primary lanyard attached to the tip. goals, and my personal life is obviously The last of Bode’s several a huge focus, so balancing all that stuff Snurfers wore out long ago, but is where the challenge is. 30 years later Bode describes 41:7 7##8 *# $#;<= 1#2*3 '#432 it in fine detail, down to the In 2014, freeskiing and women’s jumping join the Games. Preceding them: WILL YOU RETIRE AFTER THIS SEASON? rounded ridge that ran under It’s normal to retire after an Olympics, the tail like the keel of a canoe. 1924 1948 1988 1994 2006 Hasn’t missed a but it doesn’t make much difference “It’s a piece of wood with Cross-country, Downhill, Super G, Aerials to me if I stop this year or right now or staples in two spots,” Miller , slalom alpine combined Kentucky Derby since 1999; in December. I don’t feel like there are says. “The staples give you (reinstated) 1998 2010 any rules dictating what I do and don’t traction when there’s snow on 1952 Snowboard co-owns two thoroughbreds. do in my sport. If I’m feeling good, it, and it has a little bit of a tiny 1936 1992 halfpipe, anything’s possible. SEO RIK { } SELKOWITZ JONATHAN E little natural V. Not a V in but a V Alpine combined (alpine combined Moguls snowboard GS down. Just in the tail.” —N.V. dropped)

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! Americans to Watch $(;6*3% >#;; AGE 29 :$'(;3 i :$'(;3 i *01&2# i !"##$%&&2. i 3/-1&2. i HOMETOWN St. Paul, Minn. STACEY COOK MAGGIE VOISIN LINDSEY VAN WINS 2 Olympic AGE i 27 AGE i 33 AGE i 29 AGE i 15 AGE i 29 medals, 5 HOMETOWN i HOMETOWN i Truckee, HOMETOWN i Truckee, HOMETOWN i HOMETOWN i World Champi- Lake Placid, N.Y. Calif. Calif. Whitefish, Mont. Park City, onship medals, 59 World Cup WINS i 1 Olympic WINS i 1 World Cup win WINS i 2 podiums WINS i 2013 WSI World WINS i 2009 World wins medal (downhill), 3 additional (downhill) Championships gold Championships gold podiums (downhill) EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT TITLES 17 (4 overall, SPONSOR i Head EQUIPMENT SPONSOR i Rossignol SPONSOR i Armada SPONSOR i Rossignol 6 downhill, SPONSOR i Atomic 4 super G, 3 LUCKY STIFF i Married MACHING i Once flew TRUANT i Gets to miss HERO i Bone-marrow combined) a former Lange Girl GNARLY i Four-time in an F-18 Super Hornet (high school) classes to donation advocate winner of Arctic Man, fighter jet ski in Nicknamed “the ’s snowmobile- Women’s ski jumping Warhorse,” Weibrecht has finally cracked the EQUIPMENT Head assisted ski race. After nipping at the Last year, Voisin came surged out of obscu- podium for years, Cook out of nowhere to win Olympic events lineup, SPONSOR rity to win the super-G After resolving health had a breakthrough the slopestyle at the and no one gets more bronze in Vancouver. issues and switching to season last year, notch- WSI/AFP World Cham- credit for that than Van. With record-shattering achievements or stuff- He has struggled with Atomic, 14-year Team ing two second-place pionships. In doing so, Though she’s been of-tabloids personal dramas, Lindsey Vonn has injuries and technical veteran Sully opened finishes in Lake Louise she beat women 10 plagued by injuries, the done as much as any racer to bring her sport into issues ever since, but last season finishing and placing fourth in years her senior, estab- former world champ the mainstream. A crash at last February’s World all Weibrecht has to third in the Lake Louise the World Cup downhill lished herself among says she’s healthier Championships wrecked her knee. Another during do is string together downhill. He finished standings. She’s fast, freeskiing’s elite, and than she’s been in training in November set her back again and cast a clean run and he’s years. She’s a high flier 14th in the downhill and she’s a contender earned a shot at the doubts over her Olympic hopes. But the winningest a definite medal standings (tops among on the Rosa Khutor Olympics. who once dominated contender in the speed U.S. men), and the So- downhill track. the circuit: Don’t count American of all time, well known for strength and events. chi course favors good her out. discipline, is hard at work rehabbing. She’s the fierc- gliders like him. est of competitors, and if she’s healthy enough to start at Sochi, she’ll be a threat. —K.M.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS FOR THE SEASON? I’m focusing on the Olympics. That’s not to say the Racecourses are injected with water to make them icy, World Cup isn’t important, but if I’m not ready, I’ll 1#4 1:26 skip more World Cups so I’ll be good to go by Sochi.

reducing course deterioration so that every racer has a fair chance. DO YOU THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE AHEAD WITH THE RACE THE DAY YOU GOT INJURED AT THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS? No. The reason I got injured was because of the Annemarie Moser-Pröll, : snow conditions. There’s no need to risk athletes’ 62 World Cup wins—the most ever Faster than Vonn? health to save a few dollars, but they did it again at for a woman. There’s Only One. World Cup finals and a bunch of people got hurt. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM DATING ? Sometime this winter, Lindsey “For the most part she was pretty He’s so mentally tough—always able to clear his Vonn, if healthy, will likely surpass quiet. She did smoke, she did mind. I’m good at that too, but he takes it to another Annemarie Moser-Pröll’s career drink. She hung out with her ser- level. He’s taught me to be tougher, have thicker skin. total of World Cup race victories, a viceman at the hotel bar…. But she women’s ski-racing record that has was an incredibly talented ski racer. HOW LONG DO YOU SEE YOURSELF RACING? stood unchallenged since 1980. She was very competitive-spirited.” For sure through the 2015 World Championships at The Austrian legend collected 62 Greater international fame may Beaver Creek. After that it might just be downhill wins. Vonn had 59 when injury have found Moser-Pröll had she not and super G. I have to see how my body is holding ended her 2013 season early. chosen, at the peak of her powers, up and if I’m still enjoying it. In the , little is to sit out the 1975–76 season and known of Moser-Pröll, the farm miss the Games, where girl from the tiny village of Kleinarl her countryman whom magazine labeled struck downhill gold (see page 7(<323*?@3: the sport’s “problem child” in 1975 70). She returned the next year Lindsey Vonn, USA: 59 wins because of her squabbles with and went on to win a record sixth Hit a hole in one through 2012–13 season. coaches, her unconventional ap- overall World Cup title in 1979 and proach to training, and “a smoking the downhill gold at the Lake Placid in her first 18-hole habit that occasionally got out of Games in 1980. control.” The reason for her career round of golf. In fact, Moser-Pröll was a digni- intermission—not always disclosed fied and determined athlete who by the discreet reporters of the was supporting her family with day—was that her father, Josef, race wins by age 16. American was dying of lung cancer. That year { } downhill pioneer Cindy Nelson, Moser-Pröll bought a café in her who upset one of Moser-Pröll’s hometown, and although she has winning streaks, remembers an since sold it, the Café-Restaurant “amazing aura” and intimidating Olympia still exhibits her memora- ability to study a course. bilia collection, including a splendid “Back then nobody knew about trophy case that perhaps only

physical training,” recalls Nelson. Vonn will be able to match. —N.V. ACKAFFLECK FROM TOP: GETTY IMAGES; COURTESY OF HEAD SKIS HEAD OF COURTESY GETTYIMAGES; TOP: FROM J 62 SKI MAGAZINE { January 2014 } Lindsey{ January 2014 } SKI MAGAZINE 63 #$%&'()* + ,-./ 0

Success Never Goes out of Style As a famous coach once said, “You’ve got to look like a team to play like a team.” Over the years,

U.S. Winter Olympic fashions have ranged from tasteless to timeless. MAGES I ETTY G LLUSTRATED/ I PORTS PORTS S AUREN; AP IMAGES; L ALPH ALPH R :&32():; ;#26(3*: *@663;$% 4567 › Cortina 457; › Innsbruck Appropriately stylish for an Italian Olympics. Headbands looked cool...back then. )#;73;632* For the first time in history, the U.S. has medal potential in all three nordic sports—cross- country, ski jumping, and nor- dic combined. Kikkan Randall 736 $(<37% (above), a favorite in women’s AGE 29 cross-country, attributes the team’s collective rise to matu- HOMETOWN Park City, Utah rity. “Nordic skiers are like fine WINS 1 Olympic wine: We get better with age.” medal, 5 World Johnny Spillane and Bill Champion- ARAH BRUNSON; AP IMAGES; COURTESY OF OF COURTESY IMAGES; AP BRUNSON; ARAH

Demong snagged the United S ship medals, States’ first Olympic medals 18 World Cup in the nordic combined at the wins 2010 Games and are good TITLES 4 (GS) A one-trick pony no more, Ted Ligety emerged bets this time around. as a multidiscipline threat in February 2013, Meanwhile, the 2014 EQUIPMENT Head when he became the first man in 45 years to Olympics mark the debut of SPONSOR win three gold medals at a single World women’s jumping, and the Championships. Sure, he won six out of eight U.S. squad boasts the best GS races last season and people call him female jumpers in the world, “Mr. GS.” But he’s a proven contender in super MAGES; COURTESY OF USSA/ OF COURTESY MAGES; including 19-year-old Sarah I G and super-combined events as well, and 458: › Lake Placid 455; › Hendrickson, the 2013 World preseason rumors swirled that he was scary White-hatted heroes for an American Games. Ever so casual in faded blue jeans. fast in slalom training. ETTY

Champion, who despite blow- G ing out her knee in August is HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN LAST SEASON’S SUCCESS? still gunning for an inaugural :6&(7* I think the new skis FIS implemented definitely medal. —K.M. benefited my type of skiing. I also changed what I do in the gym, which helped because the new Tot a l Game of skis are much more taxing on your body.

1#4 *72#;< !rones geek. YOU WERE A FAVORITE IN GS AT THE 2010 OLYMPICS BUT PLACED NINTH. DO YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT At times, alpine { } STRATEGY GOING INTO THE OLYMPICS THIS TIME AROUND? racers must I’m in a totally different place now. In 2010, I was coming off of a knee injury, and I also played resist as many as it too tactically, especially in the giant slalom.

LOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: AP IMAGES; That was a good learning experience for me and g’s of C changed my perspective on how I race. I decided I was going to go harder and be pushing the limit centrifugal more often, and it’s definitely paid off for me. ELKOWITZ

S WHAT ARE YOUR OLYMPIC GOALS? force. Hopefully, I can win the giant slalom there. That’s my biggest goal for this season. Then, like last year at the World Championships, hopefully a

4558 › 9:4; › Sochi JONATHAN few other events fall into play. Cowboy hats again, but this time black ones. Ralph Lauren pea coats (with a logo you can’t miss). 64 SKI MAGAZINE { January 2014 } 8 Te d { January 2014 } SKI MAGAZINE 65 #$%&'()* + ,-./ 0

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In 2012–13, already in her second full World Cup season at age 17, exploded onto the scene, winning four World Cups and a World

{ Championship slalom title. At season’s end, she became one of the youngest women—and only the second American woman—to win the slalom globe. She’s a clear favorite in the Sochi slalom and could podium in GS. To call her a “phenom,” )@7 A *7%$3 as Bode Miller did, is an understatement. —K.M.

Not WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES FOR THE OLYMPICS? I believe I have the ability to win a medal in giant ashamed of slalom and slalom, but the stars need to line up on race day for people to actually execute what “hair-salon they are capable of. } addiction.” WHO ARE YOUR ROLE MODELS IN THE SPORTS WORLD? At the moment, I look to Ted Ligety, , , and , among others, for their various strengths that I would like to bring to my own skiing. As far as manag- ing my public image, I look to a few people who inspire me to just be myself and not feel like I have to force things: Jennifer Lawrence, Steffi Graf, Bode Miller, and .

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU’RE THE NEXT LINDSEY VONN? I’m flattered because I have a lot of respect for Lindsey, but we are our own individuals. I hope to have my own successful career and that in the future when people look back on these years of ski racing, they will know of Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin as different people who both have a love for racing.

DO YOU EVER REGRET MISSING OUT ON BEING A “NORMAL” TEENAGER? I have no regrets. After all, what is “normal”? ATHAN BILOW N

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! Euros to Watch (Alpine)

-*"+#0 *%$#0 0/2< '&2* -*># *0#?&$ -*"&* ,&"$+,#" $=&2<*0 SLOVENIA 1&2'/"*/0' ,@!0-"&#$+, AUSTRIA Maze, a two-time This technical wun- He’s a three-time Olym- Olympic medalist, is A tech-event specialist, One of Vonn’s closest derkind has brought pic medalist and has the strongest woman the 22-year-old French- friends and rivals, Höfl- home the World Cup won in every discipline on the tour. In 2013 she man has been nipping Riesch won two golds overall title the past except slalom, but broke ’s at the heels of Ligety at the 2010 Olympics, two seasons, as well as speed events, where record for points in a and Hirscher for the edged Vonn for the the 2012 giant slalom he’s nearly unbeatable, single season, winning past two years—and 2011 overall title, and and 2013 slalom titles. are his specialty. A the overall, super-G, occasionally beating won three medals at the Ligety edged him for gruesome downhill and GS globes. She them. He hails from 2013 World Champion- the GS crown last year. crash wrecked his races independently , where his ships. She’s a podium Hirscher won’t have 2007 season, but he of the Slovenian team, family owns the five- threat in all events. forgotten. came back as fearless with her boyfriend as star Hotel Annapurna. as ever. coach and manager.

1#4 &:;% No nation gets more than four spots in each alpine discipline, which limits the chances of success for talent-deep nations. (Sorry, Austria.)

A Couple of "#-Year-Olds In 1996, Aldo Radamus, coach of an under- performing U.S. Ski Team squad, thought American racing was hampered by all the space between mountain ranges. “A country such as Austria has all their skiers in a small geographic space, so every year they see each other.” Thus was born the U.S. Develop- ment Team, a residential program with two coaches and a tight budget. (To save on ho- tels, skiers worked as housekeepers.) When the ’98–99 roster was announced, it included two 13-year-old girls, one from Squaw Valley, the other from , Minn. Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Vonn (then Kildow) quickly fell into the most productive and lasting of rivalries. Their coach, Todd Brickson, remem- bers each skiing with a style that reflected her origins—Vonn “edgy and aggressive” from nighttime slalom at cold, tiny Buck Hill; Mancuso with a light touch from skiing Tahoe powder. “If we did anything to help those two achieve what they have,” says Brickson, Julia Mancuso (center) and Lindsey Vonn (right) on the 2001 Nationals junior podium. “it was to bring them together.” —N.V.

1#4 1(<1 1#4 9:*7 Most downhill courses have Top speeds in downhill races jumps. Racers typically fly can reach

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Little-known fact: Julia Mancuso has more major championship hardware than any American woman ever. B@$(: &:;)@*# Though she’s routinely upstaged by teammate Lindsey Vonn (her World Championships bronze, for in- AGE 29 stance, was eclipsed by the frenzy over Vonn’s injury), this ukulele-playing surfer girl has proved herself to be a big-game performer able to deliver in the downhill, super G, giant slalom, and super combined. —K.M. HOMETOWN Squaw Valley, Calif. WHAT HAS BEEN THE BEST MOMENT OF YOUR CAREER? Winning the Olympics and living my childhood dream of being a ski racer. WINS 3 Olympic medals, 5 WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIGH-PRESSURE SITUATIONS THAT BRING OUT YOUR BEST SKIING? World Champi- I love to ski, and I don’t let the pressure get to me. I’m always stoked to go out and do my best, and I feel onship medals, extra motivated in those moments. 7 World Cup wins HOW IS YOUR APPROACH TO SKI RACING DIFFERENT FROM YOUR COMPETITORS’? EQUIPMENT Head I really follow my intuition. For me it’s about how I feel, and it doesn’t matter what times the other girls are SPONSOR getting. It’s all about feeling confident and giving it everything you have on race day. {

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Klammer (left) vs. Russi: An Olympic down- hill for the ages.

’76One FRANZ KLAMMER SET AN EDGE AND STOOD ON IT. ALL OF AUSTRIA ROARED.

For nearly 40 years, Franz Klammer’s time belonged to ’s Bernhard to his left, tucking close against the fence performance at the 1976 Innsbruck Games Russi, Klammer knew he was his nation’s to set up, then loading his weight onto his has stood as the defining episode of modern last hope. left ski to initiate an exquisite carved turn ski racing. But while the reckless daring Klammer’s wild descent thrilled the likes of which had never been seen. For of his gold-medal downhill run is justly spectators, but all the famous recoveries a full six seconds Klammer etched a single celebrated, the decisive factor may have were costly, and at the final split he was 0.19 long groove into the washboarded ice. been more mundane: innovative technique. seconds off Russi’s pace. Having pushed the "at turn sent him like a ragged missile Klammer says he’d been working for into the final sections, catapulting him years to bring carving methods to the Klammer across the finish and into Austrian lore, downhill discipline and had located the 0.33 seconds ahead of Russi. "e crucial pressure points that made his 222-cm unexpectedly swung momentum had come from the most patient C4s arc despite their minimal wide to his left, and subtle maneuver in a run better known sidecut. How much he would need such tucking close against for its wild abandon. skills on the Olympic course was unclear the fence... "e influence Klammer had on ski- when he woke up on Feb. 5, the day of the racing pedagogy in Austria found its men’s downhill. "roughout the week of risk-recovery calculus to its limit, Klammer measure in the late 1990s, when the children training runs at , the Austrian was acutely aware of the same thing Russi, of 1976 came of age and utterly conquered coaches had campaigned for a straighter resting on a hay bale at the finish, could feel the World Cup. "e echo was loudest on course, bickering over gate placement with where he stood: the entire forested hillside Dec. 21, 1999, when the men’s tour swung the chief race official, Erich Demetz of . trembling under the sustained roar of the through Patscherkofel for a super G in Klammer was still every bit a 22-year-old largest crowd assembled in the vicinity which the top nine finishers were, to a man, farm kid that day, but he was already the since World War II. Austrian. All had been born between 1967 world’s fastest downhiller. Having drawn "en came the Bernegg section. Just and 1974; all had grown up worshipping bib 15, he had the latest start position in the before the narrow trail widened into a Klammer. And when they reached the top seed and was the last of Austria’s four clearing where the course made a long right finish, the great man was there, standing

starters. So when, after 14 racers, the fastest turn, Klammer unexpectedly swung wide ready to congratulate them. —N.V. IMAGES AFP/GETTY

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