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|club = Newham and Essex Beaglesdf=yes5|17}}|birth_place = London, Englandm=1.75}}HTTP://WWW.TEAMGB.COM/ATHLETES/CHRISTINE-OHURUOGU>TITLE=TEAM GB – CHRISTINE OHURUOGUARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20181031055743/HTTP://WWW.TEAMGB.COM/ATHLETES/CHRISTINE-OHURUOGUURL-STATUS=LIVE, 68|kg}}|turnedpro = 2004|pb = 100 m 11.35200 m 22.85400 m 49.41 NR2008 Summer Olympics>2008 – 1st, 400m 2012 – 2nd, 400m2007 IAAF World Championships>2007 – 1st 2013 – 1st|highestranking = 200 m: 11 (2008)400 m: 2 (2007/2008)|updated = 20 August 2016|medaltemplates = {{MedalCountSummer Olympic Games>Olympic Games 1 | 2IAAF World Championships in Athletics>World Championships 2 | 4IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics>World Indoor Championships 0 | 1European Athletics Indoor Championships>European Indoor Championships 0 | 0Commonwealth Games > 1 1IAAF World Athletics Final>World Athletics Final / IAAF Diamond League> 0 2European Athletics Team Championships>European Team Ch'ships / European Cup (athletics) > 2 1European Athletics U23 Championships>European U23 / European Athletics Junior Championships> 0 1TotalHTTP://CHRISSYO.COM/PERFORMANCE/ PUBLISHER=CHRISSY O ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20181031055618/HTTP://CHRISSYO.COM/PERFORMANCE/ URL-STATUS=LIVE, 8 > 7 | 12 }}{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|Great Britain}}}}{{Medal|Olympic}}{{Medal|Gold|2008 Beijing|400 m}}{{Medal|Silver|2012 London|400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2008 Beijing|4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}{{Medal|Gold|2007 Osaka|400 m|400 m}}{{Medal|Gold|2013 Moscow|400 m|400 m}}{{Medal|Silver|2013 Moscow|4 × 400 m|4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Silver|2015 Beijing|4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2005 Helsinki | 4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Osaka | 4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2009 Berlin | 4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Daegu | 4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}}{{Medal|Gold|2012 Istanbul|4 × 400 m}}{{MedalBronze|2014 Sopot|4 × 400 m}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}}{{Medal|Gold|2013 Gothenburg|4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Competition|European Cup}}{{Medal|Gold|2005 Florence | 4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Silver|2008 Annecy | 200 m }}{{Medal|Competition|European Team Championships}}{{Medal|Silver|2005 Erfurt|4 × 400 m}}{{Medal|Competition|European Junior Championships}}{{Medal|Country|{{flagu|England}}}}{{Medal|Comp|Commonwealth Games}}{{Medal|Gold|2006 Melbourne|400 m}}{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Glasgow|4 × 400 m}}}}Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu {{IPAc-en||audio=Ig-Christine Ijeoma Ohuruogu.ogg}}, MBE (born 17 May 1984) is a British former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres, the event for which she is an Olympic, World and Commonwealth champion. The Olympic champion in 2008, and silver medalist in 2012, she is a double World Champion, having won the 400 m at the 2007 and 2013 World Championships. She has also won six World championship medals in the women's 4 × 400 m relay as part of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team and bronze Olympic medals with the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2016 Rio Games, her final Olympics. Ohuruogu shares with Merlene Ottey and Usain Bolt the record for medalling in most successive global championships – 9 – between the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and the 2016 Summer Olympics.Ohuruogu's personal best time of 49.41 seconds, set at the 2013 World Championships, beat the UK record set by Kathy Cook in 1984 by 0.02 seconds, simultaneously making her the first British woman to win two World Championship titles, and the first British woman to win three global titles (both achievements retrospectively moved to Jessica Ennis following her promotion to gold in the 2011 World Championships). Her relay bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics made her only the second British track and field athlete, after Steve Backley to win medals at three successive Olympic Games.NEWS,weblink BBC Sport - World Athletics 2013: Christine Ohuruogu wins gold in photo finish, BBC Sport, 13 February 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150826022459weblink">weblink 26 August 2015, live, NEWS, Matt Majendie,weblink World Championships 2013: Christine Ohuruogu leaves it late again to seal her place in history, The Independent, 13 August 2013, 18 August 2013, London, 8 November 2020,weblink live, She was coached by Lloyd Cowan.Known for her strength endurance, consistent pacing, her gift for maintaining speed in the final straight as rivals struggled and slowed, and her capacity to peak for major championships, Ohuruogu retired in 2017, a year after winning her final senior global medal, a bronze as part of the Great Britain Olympic 4 × 400 metre relay team, her 12th overall global medal. Upon retirement, Ohuruogu made public her plan to begin her second career, seeking to qualify in law, with the aim of being called to the Bar.Ohuruogu satisfied with career.Ohuruogu mentored Matthew Hudson-Smith in 2022; their collaboration resulted in a British 400 metre record and a World Championship bronze medal, his first, for Hudson-Smith.Hudson-Smith outruns demons in 400 metre final, from The Guardian.

Biography

Born to Igbo Nigerian parentsNEWS,weblink Christine Ohuruogu: Holidays are for wimps, Mat, Snow, Times Newspapers, "Her parents came to England from Nigeria in 1980 and the family name means "fighter" in their native Igbo tongue.", 25 January 2009, London, 11 January 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110511190055weblink">weblink 11 May 2011, live, NEWS,weblink Mirth and melancholy of a dreamer named Ohuruogu, Donald, McRae, The Guardian, 2 August 2008, From Ohuruogu, "My mum and dad still speak their Igbo dialect which we were never taught. But we know odd words. Like when someone annoys you, you know how to insult them.", 25 January 2009, London,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131215205941weblink">weblink 15 December 2013, live, in Newham, east London,Athletics: Briton Sweating Over Drugs Test {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805233931weblink |date=5 August 2016 }} The Guardian – 9 November 2006 she was raised in Stratford.Duncan Mackay Fate of star athlete and UK 2012 Olympics hope hangs in the balance {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928103302weblink |date=28 September 2006 }} The Guardian – 8 August 2006 She competed for Newham in the London Youth Games at both netball and athletics.Hall of Fame {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307230906weblink |date=7 March 2013 }} retrieved 19 February 2013 She was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2009. Ohuruogu studied at University College London, where she graduated in Linguistics in 2005.WEB, UCL world champion, UCL News, University College London, 29 August 2007,weblink 20 July 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090327115358weblink">weblink 27 March 2009, live, She also played netball during her undergraduate studies.She has eight siblings, including Victoria Ohuruogu, a sprints competitor. She attended St. Edward's Church of England School (Romford) and Trinity Catholic High School (Woodford Green). She resumed her education in 2017 when she started a two-year law degree course at Queen Mary University of London. Ohuruogu is a member of Newham and Essex Beagles Athletics Club.She was appointed MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=58929 |date=31 December 2008 |page=20 |supp=y}}NEWS, Honours,weblink BBC News, 31 December 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200425123340weblink">weblink 25 April 2020, live, and conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the University of East London.WEB, University of East London honours Olympic stars Coe, Ohuruogu and Hunter,weblink Podium, 9 February 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120425004258weblink">weblink 25 April 2012, dmy, She is the author of the "Camp Gold" series of children's books about an elite training school for budding athletes.WEB,weblink Camp Gold: Running Stars, 2012-08-15, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140508222452weblink">weblink 8 May 2014, dmy,

Athletics career

{{BLP sources section|date=August 2022}}In 2003, Ohuruogu was a bronze medallist at 400 m at the European Junior Championships. She became the AAA champion in the 400 m in 2004, was a semi-finalist in the 400 m at the Athens Olympics of 2004, also taking part in the 4 × 400 m relay team that finished 4th. In the 2005 European Under 23 Championships she took the silver medal, losing individual gold by a hundredth of a second. She also won silver in the 4 × 400 m relay.After reaching the semi-final at the 400 m at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won a bronze medal in the women's 4 × 400 m relay together with Lee McConnell, Donna Fraser and Nicola Sanders.Ohuruogu won a gold medal for England in the 400 m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in a personal best time of 50.28 seconds, beating favourite Tonique Williams-Darling in both the semi-final and the final.NEWS, Renee, Valentina, Jacquelin Magnay, It's Ohuruogu in a 400 upset,weblink Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 2006, 8 April 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071220051944weblink">weblink 20 December 2007, live, She was banned for a year for missing three out-of-competition drug tests; one in October 2005 and then a further two in June 2006.NEWS,weblink BBC News, Matt, Slater, Legal threat to anti-doping code, 22 January 2009, 15 March 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110202104210weblink">weblink 2 February 2011, live, Within 24 days of the end of her year-long competition suspension she returned to win the gold medal at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. Fellow British athlete, Nicola Sanders won silver with Novlene Williams of Jamaica third. Ohuruogu won all three of her individual races at the world championships – her heat, her semi-final and the final.

2006

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Ohuruogu missed out on a gold medal due to a mix-up caused by other members of her team. She ran the final leg in the 4 × 400 m relay for England, where the team finished over a second ahead of Australia, with Ohuruogu pulling away at the end. However, after the race the Australians were awarded the gold medal, after they protested that the English team had breached IAAF Rule 170 earlier in the race, when Tasha Danvers changed position with Tamsyn Lewis. Australian winner Jana Pittman offered the England team her gold medal, stating "They set the fastest time of the day and England are the winners of the race".NEWS, England Stripped of Golds,weblink 14 December 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160305104924weblink">weblink 5 March 2016, live, NEWS, Pittman spat: English want all four golds,weblink The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 April 2006, 12 August 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121025223714weblink">weblink 25 October 2012, live, File:Osaka07 D5A W400M finish.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Christine Ohuruogu (in dark blue, centre) winning the 400 m at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in OsakaOsakaOhuruogu was suspended from competing in the 2006 European Athletics Championships because she had committed a violation of the anti-doping code.NEWS, Court of Arbitration for Sport – Christine Ohuruogu decision,weblink IAAF, 4 April 2007, 9 May 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140508223922weblink">weblink 8 May 2014, live, She missed three out-of-competition drug tests, known as the "whereabouts" system, of the World Anti-Doping Code; one in October 2005 and then a further two in June 2006. Under IAAF and British Olympic Association rules, she received a one-year ban for missing these tests, which expired on 5 August 2007.NEWS, Ohuruogu handed place in GB squad,weblink BBC, 7 August 2007, 7 August 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120908000730weblink">weblink 8 September 2012, live, The final test missed occurred when Ohuruogu failed to inform the testers of a last-minute change of training venue after a double-booking. Due to the circumstances, the Independent Committee stated "There is no suggestion, nor any grounds for suspicion, that the offence may have been deliberate in order to prevent testing", and that a fair ban would have been 3 months. Ohuruogu passed tests 9 days before and 3 days after her final violation.NEWS, Dates prove Christine Ohuruogu is no cheat,weblink BBC, London, 8 November 2007, 4 April 2018,weblink 31 October 2018, live, The British Olympic Association also imposed a lifetime ban on competing at future Olympic Games for Great Britain.NEWS, Ohuruogu is hit by one-year ban,weblink BBC, 15 September 2006, 8 April 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20071227225507weblink">weblink 27 December 2007, live, She appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but the original decision was upheld, even though CAS emphasised that there was no suspicion of doping. Ohuruogu submitted a further appeal, citing the precedent of triathlete Tim Don. Ohuruogu suggested that she would probably leave Britain and compete in the Olympics for another country if her appeal was unsuccessful, but confessed "I haven't really given it any serious thought.".WEB, Ohuruogu ready to change nationality,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928063807weblink">weblink SuperAthletics, SuperSport.com, 28 September 2007, 8 August 2007, 30 May 2009, dead, dmy-all, Ohuruogu could to on the run for Nigeria {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014630weblink |date=28 September 2007 }}, Daily Express, 9 August 2007 Her Olympic ban was overturned on 27 November 2007.WEB, Olympic ban reprieve for Ohuruogu,weblink BBC, 8 May 2014, 27 November 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140508222710weblink">weblink 8 May 2014, live,

2007

A day after her ban ended, Ohuruogu was selected for the British team at the 2007 Athletics World Championships. She had only run five competitive races before the final since her suspension; however, she won the individual 400m, taking the only gold medal for Great Britain at the Championships. Nicola Sanders won silver. Ohuruogu was also part of the bronze medal-winning team in the 400 m relay.

2008

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ohuruogu won her heat against Yulia Guschina who finished 0.18 seconds behind. She won the semi-final over Shericka Williams by 0.14 seconds. In the final, she became the first ever British female Olympic 400m champion, by beating the pre-race favourite Sanya Richards (bronze) and Shericka Williams (silver), with a time of 49.62s,NEWS, Ohuruogu grabs gold for Britain, BBC, 19 August 2008,weblink 19 August 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080828040421weblink">weblink 28 August 2008, live, the fastest time of 2008. In doing so, Ohuruogu won the 50th gold medal for Great Britain in athletics at the Summer Olympics. She was once again ranked No. 2 in the world over 400m behind Sanya Richards.NEWS, Women's 400m,weblink 19 August 2008,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20141010170440weblink">weblink 10 October 2014, live, Ohuruogu was also part of the bronze medal-winning team in the 4 × 400 m relay, initially finishing 5th but being upgraded to 3rd place following subsequent disqualifications for drugs offences of the teams finishing in 3rd and 4th place.WEB,weblink Great Britain's Womens 4x400 metres Relay Team to Receive 2008 Olympic Bronze, 7 December 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180818052528weblink">weblink 18 August 2018, live,

2009

In preparation for the European Indoor Championships in Turin, Ohuruogu set personal bests in the 60 metres and 200 m at the Birmingham Grand Prix.Ashenden, Mark (21 February 2009). Farah breaks record in Birmingham {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215230721weblink |date=15 February 2009 }}. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 23 February 2009. She competed at the 2009 Manchester City Games, finishing second in the 150 metres final in 17.10 seconds.Superb Bolt storms to 150m record {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518012901weblink |date=18 May 2009 }}. BBC Sport (17 May 2009). Retrieved on 17 May 2009. She ran a personal best 22.85 seconds to take second place in the 200 m at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games.Hart, Simon (1 June 2009). Christine Ohuruogu sets 200m personal best {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730213432weblink |date=30 July 2017 }}. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 5 June 2009. While she won the 400 m national title at the UKA Championships in Birmingham that July, her times and finishes over the distance at IAAF Golden League meets were unimpressive.Kessel, Anna (17 July 2009). Christine Ohuruogu's withdrawal leaves world champ a doubt for Berlin {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113175903weblink |date=13 January 2016 }}. The Guardian. Retrieved on 23 July 2009. She had failed to break 51 seconds in the 2009 season; some distance behind world-leader Richards' best of 49.23 seconds.Ramsak, Bob (5 July 2009). Richards to take on Felix in Rome – Ã…F Golden League. IAAF. Retrieved 23 July 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708080921weblink |date=8 July 2009 }} A hamstring problem caused her to withdraw from the London Grand Prix, raising doubts that she would be able to defend her World title.Ohuruogu's form improved in time for the 2009 World Championships, and she set a season's best time in her semi-final heat. She ran another season's best of 50.21s in the final, well behind Sanya Richards, who won in a time of 49.00s.

2010

Ohuruogu was ruled out of the European Championships in Barcelona with a thigh injury, and later in the year withdrew from the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, citing niggling injury that she did not want to aggravate.NEWS, Gibson, Owen, Christine Ohuruogu leads retreat from troubled Commonwealth Games,weblink 21 September 2020, The Guardian, Guardian News & Media Limited, 22 September 2010, Delhi,

2011

Ohuruogu was selected for the British team at the 2011 World Championships. She was disqualified from the individual 400 m after a false start.

2012

In the Indoor World Championships 4 × 400 m relay in Istanbul Ohuruogu, after legs from Shana Cox and Nicola Sanders took over in third place for Great Britain. Ohuruogu handed over to Perri Shakes-Drayton to hold off Sanya Richards-Ross to win Great Britain's first ever IAAF World Indoor Championships medal in the Women's 4 × 400 m relay.Ohuruogu won the silver medal at 400m in the 2012 London Olympics. In a close race Sanya Richards-Ross held on to take the gold while Ohuruogu produced a fast finish to beat DeeDee Trotter and Amantle Montsho by just a few hundredths of a second to take the silver. Trotter finished third. Richards-Ross won in 49.55s; Ohuruogu ran a season's best time of 49.70, which is only the third time she ran under 50 seconds. Ohuruogu said she was "heartbroken" to not be able to defend her title. With her family home less than a mile away from the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, she had been picked out as the public face of the Games when London was awarded the Olympics in 2005, but after her suspension her image was removed from publicity material.NEWS,weblink Christine Ohuruogu: It doesn't matter if I'm face of the Games or not, 25 July 2011, The Guardian, 23 August 2016,weblink 21 September 2016, live, Ohuruogu had a low-key build up to the Games, with the burden of "poster girl" falling instead on Jessica Ennis.

2013

Ohuruogu claimed a second world title on 12 August 2013, becoming the first British woman to do so, by winning the 400m final in Moscow. A late surge helped her pip Montsho in a photo finish, and beat Kathy Cook's long-standing British record in the process, with a time of 49.41s, beating Montsho by 0.004 seconds.NEWS, Lewis, Aimee, World Athletics 2013: Christine Ohuruogu wins gold in photo-finish,weblink 13 August 2013, BBC Sport, 12 August 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130812230828weblink">weblink 12 August 2013, live,

2014

Ohuruogu only entered the 4 × 400 m Women's relay at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, alongside her sister Victoria Ohuruogu, attempting to defend the title that Great Britain had won two years earlier in Istanbul, however the team finished in bronze medal position.

2015

Despite an injury-ravaged season, Ohuruogu reached the final of the 400m at the World Championships in Beijing, the scene of her Olympic triumph in 2008, as the defending champion. She finished in eighth place with a time of 50.63.NEWS,weblink World Championships: Ohuruogu last as Felix takes 400m gold, BBC Sport, 13 February 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150831032012weblink">weblink 31 August 2015, live, She led off the British 4 × 400 m relay at the same championships, helping them to win a bronze medal.

2016

Ohuruogu won the bronze medal at the 4 × 400 m relay in the 2016 Rio Olympics, running the final leg. Running the first three legs were Eilidh Doyle, Anyika Onuora and Emily Diamond, and they finished in a time of 3:25.88, behind the US and Jamaica.

2017 and retirement

Ohuruogu missed out on selection for the individual 400m at the 2017 World Championships in her hometown of London, failing to advance to the final at the GB World Championship trials in June of that year after finishing third in her heat with a time which was five seconds down on her personal best. She subsequently stated that 2017 would be her last season in competition, and that she would be open to competing in the 4 × 400 m relay at the World Championships if selected.WEB,weblink Christine Ohuruogu satisfied with her track career, Whittington, Jessica, 1 July 2017, Athletics Weekly, 30 June 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180630162223weblink">weblink 30 June 2018, live, Although she was not selected for the Worlds, she did attend the Championships, supporting the British women's 4 × 400 m team that took a silver medal there,WEB,weblink Christine Ohuruogu stays silent on retirement claims, 5 October 2017, Eurosport, 30 June 2018,weblink 30 June 2018, live, and along with her 4 × 400 m team-mates, was presented with three medals from the 2009, 2011 and 2013 Worlds after the Russian squads which had finished ahead of Team GB in those Championships were disqualified due to doping. The British teams received bronzes for 2009 and 2011, and a silver for 2013.WEB,weblink British relay teams presented with belated medals at World Champs, 4 August 2017, BT Sport ESPN, 30 June 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180630161848weblink">weblink 30 June 2018, live, In June 2018, on the first day of the British Athletics Championships, Ohuruogu confirmed her retirement from competition, indicating that although she did not feel ready to retire at the end of 2017 her subsequent training had been restricted due to injuries and her studies.WEB,weblink Christine Ohuruogu: Former world and Olympic 400m champion retires at 34, 30 June 2018, bbc.co.uk, 30 June 2018,weblink 30 June 2018, live,

Personal bests{| class"wikitable"

! Event! Best! Location! Date| 60 metres| 7.54 s| Birmingham, England| 21 February 2009| 100 metres| 11.35 s| Irvine, California, United States| 4 May 2008| 200 metres| 22.85 s| Hengelo, Netherlands| 1 June 2009| 400 metres| 49.41 s| Moscow, Russia| 12 August 2013

International titles

| title = Commonwealth Champion in 400m| years = 2006Amantle Montsho {{flagicon>BOT}}}}| title = World Champion in 400m| years = 2007Sanya Richards {{flagicon>USA}}}}| title = Olympic Champion in 400m| years = 2008Sanya Richards-Ross {{flagicon>USA}}}}| title = World Champion in 400m| years = 2013Allyson Felix {{flagicon>USA}}}}Debbie DunnDeeDee TrotterNatasha HastingsAllyson FelixGreat Britain}}withShana CoxNicola SandersPerri Shakes-Drayton| years = 2012United States}}Natasha HastingsJoanna AtkinsFrancena McCororyCassandra TateJernail Hayes*Monica Hargrove*}}Kseniya ZadorinaKseniya VdovinaYelena MigunovaOlesya ForshevaGreat Britain}}withEilidh Child Shana CoxPerri Shakes-Drayton| years = 2013France}}Floria GueïElea-Mariama DiarraAgnès RaharolahyMarie Gayot}}

National titles

• AAA Championships
  • 400 metres: 2004
• British Athletics Championships
  • 400 metres: 2009

References

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External links

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