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==Background== |
==Background== |
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[[The Boat Race]] is an annual competition between the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. First held in 1829, the competition is a {{convert|4.2|mi|km|adj=on}} race along the [[River Thames]] in southwest London.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/10719622/University-Boat-Race-2014-spectators-guide.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | |
[[The Boat Race]] is an annual competition between the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]]. First held in 1829, the competition is a {{convert|4.2|mi|km|adj=on}} race along the [[River Thames]] in southwest London.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/10719622/University-Boat-Race-2014-spectators-guide.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date = 3 June 2014 | date = 25 March 2014 | title = University Boat Race 2014: spectators' guide | first = Oliver | last = Smith | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140701231555/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/london/10719622/University-Boat-Race-2014-spectators-guide.html | archive-date = 1 July 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide.<ref name=CBC>{{cite news|title=Former Winnipegger in winning Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race crew|date=6 April 2014|publisher=CBC News|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/former-winnipegger-in-winning-oxford-cambridge-boat-race-crew-1.2600176|access-date=7 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924083331/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/former-winnipegger-in-winning-oxford-cambridge-boat-race-crew-1.2600176|archive-date=24 September 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the [[The Boat Race 2001|2001 race]] by 2.5 lengths,<ref name=results>{{Cite web| url = http://theboatraces.org/results| publisher = The Boat Race Company Limited| title = Boat Race – Results| access-date = 8 April 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160712214951/http://theboatraces.org/results| archive-date = 12 July 2016| url-status = live| df = dmy-all}}</ref> and led overall with 77 victories to Oxford's 69 (excluding the [[The Boat Race 1877|"dead heat" of 1877]]).<ref name=bbc453>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1900453.stm | title = Oxford clinch Boat Race | date = 30 March 2002 | access-date = 8 April 2014 | publisher = BBC Sport | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529035158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1900453.stm | archive-date = 29 May 2006 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://theboatraces.org/classic-moments-the-1877-dead-heat | publisher = The Boat Race Company Limited | title = Classic moments – the 1877 dead heat | access-date = 8 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141026233428/http://theboatraces.org/classic-moments-the-1877-dead-heat | archive-date = 26 October 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> The race was sponsored by [[Aberdeen Asset Management]] for the third consecutive year.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/06/theobserver | work = The Observer | title = Dark Blues aim to punch above their weight | date = 6 April 2003 | access-date = 5 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140911000610/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/06/theobserver | archive-date = 11 September 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> |
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The first [[Women's Boat Race]] took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the [[Henley Boat Races]], but as of the [[The Boat Races 2015|2015 race]], it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://theboatraces.org/women/history | |
The first [[Women's Boat Race]] took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the [[Henley Boat Races]], but as of the [[The Boat Races 2015|2015 race]], it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://theboatraces.org/women/history | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112628/http://theboatrace.org/women/history| archive-date= 6 October 2014| title = A brief history of the Women's Boat Race | publisher = The Boat Race Company Limited| access-date = 5 July 2014}}</ref> The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965. It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.<ref name=results/> |
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==Crews== |
==Crews== |
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Despite weighing just over {{convert|1|lb|kg}} less per man than their opponents,<ref name=dodd>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/mar/30/highereducation.education | date = 30 March 2002 | work = [[The Guardian]] | |
Despite weighing just over {{convert|1|lb|kg}} less per man than their opponents,<ref name=dodd>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/mar/30/highereducation.education | date = 30 March 2002 | work = [[The Guardian]] | access-date = 4 June 2014 | title = Coxes hold the key in a test of tide and nerve | first = Christopher | last = Dodd | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222916/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/mar/30/highereducation.education | archive-date = 6 June 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Cambridge were the pre-race favourites.<ref name=bbc453/> Both boats contained four [[Blue (university sport)|Blues]]; the Oxford cox Peter Hackworth attended [[St Paul's School, London|St Paul's School]] while Cambridge's cox Ellie Griggs attended [[St Paul's Girls' School]], so both were familiar with the course.<ref name=dodd/> Oxford's crew contained two American international rowers in Dan Perkins and Luke McGee, and [[Gerritjan Eggenkamp]], a Dutch international. Cambridge's stroke, Rick Dunn, cousin of Oxford's bow Andrew Dunn, was a world champion in coxless fours, and he rowed alongside fellow British internationals Tom Stallard and [[Josh West]]. Cambridge's other international rowers included American Sam Brooks, German Sebastian Mayer and Australian Stu Welch.<ref name=dodd/> |
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[[File:Luke McGee.jpg|thumb|right|[[Luke McGee]] rowed at number 5 for Oxford.]] |
[[File:Luke McGee.jpg|thumb|right|[[Luke McGee]] rowed at number 5 for Oxford.]] |
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==Race description== |
==Race description== |
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[[File:2002-oxbridge-boat-race.jpg|right|thumb|The Cambridge crew ''(left)'' and Oxford ''(right)'' after the end of the race]] |
[[File:2002-oxbridge-boat-race.jpg|right|thumb|The Cambridge crew ''(left)'' and Oxford ''(right)'' after the end of the race]] |
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Cambridge won the coin toss and elected to start from the northern bank (the "Middlesex side") of the Thames.<ref name=huw/> Despite Cambridge's cox Griggs having her hand raised (to indicate that she and the Cambridge crew were not yet ready to commence), race umpire Simon Harris started the race.<ref name=asit>{{Cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1902175.stm| title = Strokewatch: The Boat Race| |
Cambridge won the coin toss and elected to start from the northern bank (the "Middlesex side") of the Thames.<ref name=huw/> Despite Cambridge's cox Griggs having her hand raised (to indicate that she and the Cambridge crew were not yet ready to commence), race umpire Simon Harris started the race.<ref name=asit>{{Cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1902175.stm| title = Strokewatch: The Boat Race| access-date = 10 April 2014| date = 30 March 2002| publisher = BBC Sport| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529035223/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1902175.stm| archive-date = 29 May 2006| url-status = live| df = dmy-all}}</ref> With a stroke rate of 51, Oxford took an early lead, but Cambridge pulled level as the crews passed [[Craven Cottage]]. Taking a slight lead round the Surrey bend, Cambridge's number four, Mayer suffered an asthma attack and showed signs of struggle,<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/boat_race_2004/3570815.stm | title = Mayer back for more | publisher = BBC Sport | access-date = 5 June 2014 | date = 26 March 2004 | first = Martin | last = Gough | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040612123443/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/boat_race_2004/3570815.stm | archive-date = 12 June 2004 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> allowing Oxford to draw up to within a second as they approached [[Barnes Railway Bridge|Barnes Bridge]]. In a sprint finish, Oxford pulled away to be three-quarters of a length clear at the finishing post.<ref name=results/><ref name=asit/> |
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Oxford finished with a time of 16 minutes, 54 seconds, Cambridge finishing two seconds behind them, three-quarters of a length behind.<ref name=results/><ref name=asit/> It was Oxford's second victory in the previous three years, and brought the overall result to 77–70 in Cambridge's favour.<ref name=results/> At the finish, following tradition,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/9964232/BBC-apologises-for-Oxford-coxs-bad-language-during-Boat-Race.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = BBC apologises for Oxford cox's bad language during Boat Race | first = Sam | last = Marsden | date = 31 March 2013 | |
Oxford finished with a time of 16 minutes, 54 seconds, Cambridge finishing two seconds behind them, three-quarters of a length behind.<ref name=results/><ref name=asit/> It was Oxford's second victory in the previous three years, and brought the overall result to 77–70 in Cambridge's favour.<ref name=results/> At the finish, following tradition,<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/9964232/BBC-apologises-for-Oxford-coxs-bad-language-during-Boat-Race.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | title = BBC apologises for Oxford cox's bad language during Boat Race | first = Sam | last = Marsden | date = 31 March 2013 | access-date = 5 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140826183539/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/9964232/BBC-apologises-for-Oxford-coxs-bad-language-during-Boat-Race.html | archive-date = 26 August 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> the Oxford crew threw their cox, Hackworth, into the water in celebration.<ref name=huw/> Mayer was hospitalised minutes after the race, initially considered a result of exhaustion, but later diagnosed as following an asthma attack.<ref name=huw/> |
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In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis beat Cambridge's Goldie. Earlier at Henley, Oxford won the 57th women's race by {{frac|2|1|2}} lengths.<ref name=results/> |
In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis beat Cambridge's Goldie. Earlier at Henley, Oxford won the 57th women's race by {{frac|2|1|2}} lengths.<ref name=results/> |
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==Reaction== |
==Reaction== |
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Hackworth said "it was neck and neck, but I had absolute belief we could do it".<ref name=bbc453/> Four-time Olympic gold medallist [[Matthew Pinsent]] said of the race "it truly was amazing".<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1905344.stm | title = A race to remember | date = 1 April 2002 | |
Hackworth said "it was neck and neck, but I had absolute belief we could do it".<ref name=bbc453/> Four-time Olympic gold medallist [[Matthew Pinsent]] said of the race "it truly was amazing".<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1905344.stm | title = A race to remember | date = 1 April 2002 | access-date = 10 April 2014 | publisher = BBC Sport | first = Matthew | last = Pinsent | author-link = Matthew Pinsent | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060529130159/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/specials/boat_race_2002/1905344.stm | archive-date = 29 May 2006 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Cambridge coach [[Robin Williams (rowing coach)|Robin Williams]] was generous in defeat: "Credit to Oxford. They did an awesome job and took their chance. It was a fantastic race",<ref name=huw>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/3021095/The-Boat-Race-Dark-Blues-brutal-success.html | work = [[The Daily Telegraph]] | first = Huw | last = Turbervill | access-date = 10 April 2014 | title = The Boat Race: Dark Blues' brutal success | date = 30 March 2002 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140111102856/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/3021095/The-Boat-Race-Dark-Blues-brutal-success.html | archive-date = 11 January 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> while Oxford's coach Sean Bowden said "I believed that if we could get through Barnes Bridge well we could still do it. They were rowing so well and I knew how much they wanted it."<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/mar/31/highereducation.education | work = [[The Guardian]] | title = Oxford win a thriller | first = Dan | last = Topolski | author-link = Daniel Topolski | access-date = 5 June 2014 | date = 31 March 2002 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205858/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/mar/31/highereducation.education | archive-date = 6 June 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> [[Simon Barnes]] of ''[[The Times]]'' noted that "Cambridge reeled in an early Oxford lead and went ahead themselves ... that should have been the end of it... But this Oxford crew just kept pestering away ... and, with the finish in sight, Cambridge ... yielded."<ref>{{Cite web | title = Cambridge eventually succumb to rivals' strategy of sporting harassment | first = Simon | last = Barnes | author-link = Simon Barnes | work = [[The Times]] | date = 1 April 2002 | access-date = 5 June 2014 | url = http://s18.postimg.org/wng3gllhl/simon.png | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215850/http://s18.postimg.org/wng3gllhl/simon.png | archive-date = 6 June 2014 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 16:19, 10 January 2021
| 148th Boat Race | |||
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| Date | 30 March 2002 | ||
| Winner | Oxford | ||
| Margin of victory | 3/4 length | ||
| Winning time | 16 minutes 54 seconds | ||
| Overall record (Cambridge–Oxford) | 77–70 | ||
| Umpire | Simon Harris (Cambridge) | ||
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| Reserve winner | Isis | ||
| Women's winner | Oxford | ||
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The 148th Boat Race took place on 30 March 2002. Oxford won the race by three-quarters of a length, one of the narrowest margins of victory in the history of the contest.
In the reserve race Isis beat Goldie; Oxford also won the Women's race.
Background
The Boat Race is an annual competition between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. First held in 1829, the competition is a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) race along the River Thames in southwest London.[1] The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide.[2] Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 2001 race by 2.5 lengths,[3] and led overall with 77 victories to Oxford's 69 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).[4][5] The race was sponsored by Aberdeen Asset Management for the third consecutive year.[6]
The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races.[7] The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965. It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.[3]
Crews
Despite weighing just over 1 pound (0.45 kg) less per man than their opponents,[8] Cambridge were the pre-race favourites.[4] Both boats contained four Blues; the Oxford cox Peter Hackworth attended St Paul's School while Cambridge's cox Ellie Griggs attended St Paul's Girls' School, so both were familiar with the course.[8] Oxford's crew contained two American international rowers in Dan Perkins and Luke McGee, and Gerritjan Eggenkamp, a Dutch international. Cambridge's stroke, Rick Dunn, cousin of Oxford's bow Andrew Dunn, was a world champion in coxless fours, and he rowed alongside fellow British internationals Tom Stallard and Josh West. Cambridge's other international rowers included American Sam Brooks, German Sebastian Mayer and Australian Stu Welch.[8]
| Seat | Cambridge 
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| Bow | Tom Stallard (P) | Andrew Dunn | ||
| 2 | Sam Brooks | Bas Dixon | ||
| 3 | James Livingston | Gerritjan Eggenkamp | ||
| 4 | Sebastian Mayer | Dan Perkins | ||
| 5 | Josh West | Luke McGee | ||
| 6 | Lukas Hirst | Ben Burch (P) | ||
| 7 | Stu Welch | Robin Bourne-Taylor | ||
| Stroke | Rick Dunn | Matt Smith | ||
| Cox | Ellie Griggs | Peter Hackworth | ||
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(P) – Boat Club President
Race description
Cambridge won the coin toss and elected to start from the northern bank (the "Middlesex side") of the Thames.[11] Despite Cambridge's cox Griggs having her hand raised (to indicate that she and the Cambridge crew were not yet ready to commence), race umpire Simon Harris started the race.[12] With a stroke rate of 51, Oxford took an early lead, but Cambridge pulled level as the crews passed Craven Cottage. Taking a slight lead round the Surrey bend, Cambridge's number four, Mayer suffered an asthma attack and showed signs of struggle,[13] allowing Oxford to draw up to within a second as they approached Barnes Bridge. In a sprint finish, Oxford pulled away to be three-quarters of a length clear at the finishing post.[3][12]
Oxford finished with a time of 16 minutes, 54 seconds, Cambridge finishing two seconds behind them, three-quarters of a length behind.[3][12] It was Oxford's second victory in the previous three years, and brought the overall result to 77–70 in Cambridge's favour.[3] At the finish, following tradition,[14] the Oxford crew threw their cox, Hackworth, into the water in celebration.[11] Mayer was hospitalised minutes after the race, initially considered a result of exhaustion, but later diagnosed as following an asthma attack.[11]
In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis beat Cambridge's Goldie. Earlier at Henley, Oxford won the 57th women's race by 2+1⁄2 lengths.[3]
Reaction
Hackworth said "it was neck and neck, but I had absolute belief we could do it".[4] Four-time Olympic gold medallist Matthew Pinsent said of the race "it truly was amazing".[15] Cambridge coach Robin Williams was generous in defeat: "Credit to Oxford. They did an awesome job and took their chance. It was a fantastic race",[11] while Oxford's coach Sean Bowden said "I believed that if we could get through Barnes Bridge well we could still do it. They were rowing so well and I knew how much they wanted it."[16] Simon Barnes of The Times noted that "Cambridge reeled in an early Oxford lead and went ahead themselves ... that should have been the end of it... But this Oxford crew just kept pestering away ... and, with the finish in sight, Cambridge ... yielded."[17]
References
- ^ Smith, Oliver (25 March 2014). "University Boat Race 2014: spectators' guide". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Former Winnipegger in winning Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race crew". CBC News. 6 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Boat Race – Results". The Boat Race Company Limited. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "Oxford clinch Boat Race". BBC Sport. 30 March 2002. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Classic moments – the 1877 dead heat". The Boat Race Company Limited. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- ^ "Dark Blues aim to punch above their weight". The Observer. 6 April 2003. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "A brief history of the Women's Boat Race". The Boat Race Company Limited. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ a b c Dodd, Christopher (30 March 2002). "Coxes hold the key in a test of tide and nerve". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "2002". Cambridge University Boat Club. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Dodd, Christopher (5 March 2002). "Boat Race Presidents reflect on crew selection". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d Turbervill, Huw (30 March 2002). "The Boat Race: Dark Blues' brutal success". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ a b c "Strokewatch: The Boat Race". BBC Sport. 30 March 2002. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Gough, Martin (26 March 2004). "Mayer back for more". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Marsden, Sam (31 March 2013). "BBC apologises for Oxford cox's bad language during Boat Race". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Pinsent, Matthew (1 April 2002). "A race to remember". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ Topolski, Dan (31 March 2002). "Oxford win a thriller". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ Barnes, Simon (1 April 2002). "Cambridge eventually succumb to rivals' strategy of sporting harassment". The Times. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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