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Polina Tsurskaya

witcher

Match Penalty
Joined
Jan 12, 2015
is there someone who can translate please ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=101&v=MEqBAccLJRY

On the ice serious gothic lady, in real life little girl with baby voice. Wanna hug her. :laugh:

I'm not Russian speaker, but she talks about moving to Moscow, living with dad apart from mom who stayed in Omsk, that she likes Bratislava, tourney, working in Tutberidze group, she doesn't have one idol, but she likes the way Carol skates, Julia spins and Voronov competes. Doesn't remember first time on ice, first skating memory is struggling with "lastochka". :)
Polina has no single fav music band, in free times likes to draw and watch detective TV series.
 
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Barb

Record Breaker
Joined
Oct 13, 2009
On the ice serious gothic lady, in real life little girl with baby voice. Wanna hug her. :laugh:

I'm not Russian speaker, but she talks about moving to Moscow, living with dad apart from mom who stayed in Omsk, that she likes Bratislava, tourney, working in Tutberidze group, she doesn't have one idol, but she likes the way Carol skates, Julia spins and Voronov competes. Doesn't remember first time on ice, first skating memory is struggling with "lastochka". :)
Polina has no single fav music band, in free times likes to draw and watch detective TV series.

She is with Eteri´s group? How it is possible? Yulia, Evgenia, Serafima (I know she is not there now) and Polina? everyone sooo talented :bow:
 

Alba

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 26, 2014
She is with Eteri´s group? How it is possible? Yulia, Evgenia, Serafima (I know she is not there now) and Polina? everyone sooo talented :bow:

Yep. I'm afraid someone will leave sooner or later. :think:
 

WeakAnkles

Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 1, 2011
She's The Real Deal, alright, but please almighty will someone BURN that utterly hideous LP costume and the horrendous tights with it? Please?
 

Roman09

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 21, 2014
I tried to translate the interview, sorry for my bad English
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M.Sharov: Polina, first of all I congratulate you on the outstanding performance and the convicting victory. Share you impressions of the event and Bratislava
Polina: Thank you very much for congratulations. For me it all was at the first time, it’s very interesting, unusually, not the same as in Russia. The city is very beautiful, ancient, I managed to take a walk – it’s holiday. I bought some souvenirs and gifts.

M.Sharov: What are planning for this season?
Polina: Of course, the main task is to skate clean and to demonstrate all I can. There is a strong wish to be selected to JGPF and to JW.

M.Sharov: Let’s speak about what you everything began with in figure skating. Why your parents decided to send to FS?
Polina: In the childhood I was very vigorous child therefore my parents decided to send my energy to the correct course. There was a skating rink near my home so my parents sent me to figure skating.

M.Sharov: Do you remember how you went out to ice for the first time?
Polina: No, I don’t. As my relatives told, I went out to ice and I ran. That is I was afraid of nothing, may be I fell, but I didn’t feel fear.

M.Sharov: And what is your first conscious reminiscence of figure skating?
Polina: I remember that I didn't like to make the Arabesque spiral – it was a very difficult element and I’ve been always upset because I’ve been struggled with it for a long time.

M.Sharov: Two years ago you moved to Moscow. Whether it was easy to get used to the new city and mainly – to the new group and the new coach?
Polina: To me the moving wasn't heavy to be worried. It was heavy to my parents: I lived in Moscow with my father, and my mother lived in Omsk. I was very glad to start skating in the same group of Yulia Lipnitskaya, Zhenia Medvedeva, Moris (Kvitelashvili), Adyan (Pitkeev) under the coaching of E.Tutberidze and S.Dudakov. But the same time it was much terrible to me.

M.Sharov: Tell about the programs: who proposed the music, who is the choreographer?
Polina: The free skating program was left from the last season. The music was offered and the program was choreographed by E.Tutberidze. We decided to leave it for the next season because this program is very much pleasant to all and it very much suits me. The short program – the music was offered by E.Tutberidze and D.Gleichenhauz. We decided to try a new image for me – Spain.

M.Sharov: Tell abot the free skating in more details – what is the image in it?
Polina: It’s the music from the “Chess” musical, but just the program was directed based on the story “Alice in Wonderland”, where Alice gets to the Snow Queen and they play cards battling. Just because of it I have the cards on my palms - hearts and peaks.

M.Sharov: Do you like to watch FS on a tribune or on TV? Or your own trainings and competitions are enough for you?
Polina: Of course, I like to watch FS. And if to watch on a tribune – it is absolutely remarkably, because you can see the emotions, the struggle. But if I have no such opportunity – I watch it on TV or on the computer with pleasure.

M.Sharov: Is there any skater of present or past whom you wanna resemble? Have you a favorite skater?
Polina: I have no favorite skaters, but I wanna skate as Carolina Kostner – wide, beautiful. To spin – Yulia Lipnitskaya has very good spins. Also it would be desirable to present the program also emotionally as, for example, Sergey Voronov.

M.Sharov: Have you favorite or unloved elements?
Polina: I would say that I haven’t any favorite or unloved ones, but I most like jump elements (smiling).

M.Sharov: Whether happens terribly before any routine?
Polina: It is rather not fear, but excitement. The excitement is present at each athlete, just need to learn to cope with it.

M.Sharov: Wich number do you like skate – at the beginning or at the end of a warm-up?
Polina: I already learned to skate with any start number as we have skates every day and it is necessary me to skate at the beginning, at the end, in the middle. But the last year I preferred more to skate at the beginning.

M.Sharov: How do you adjust yourself before a routine, what are you thinking about in that moment?
Polina: Depending on a situation. I try to think about the routine, about good things only, about I can do all. everything turns out at the practices and there is no necessary to worry much.

M.Sharov: And during the routine? Does it happen so - some foreign thought comes?
Polina: No, it doesn’t happen, I am always concentrated on the routine.

M.Sharov: It is known that young figure skaters have no much time to go to school owing to it their education suffers. Many fans worry about it. How are you with it?
Polina: I go to school every day to three lessons, on Friday I go to school on for the whole day because Friday is my holiday on the rink and I carry out everything what my school teachers set. I study well, for 4 and 5 marks [at five-point system of education]

M.Sharov: And have you a favorite subject or unloved one?
Polina: Yes, I like physics and algebra, don’t like history.

M.Sharov: How do like to spend your free time (if it happens, of course)?
Polina: Certainly, it isn't enough free time for me, but I like drawing and watching detective TV series much.

M.Sharov: And what kind of music do you like listening to?
Polina: I have no particular preference in music, I listen to everything that I like.

M.Sharov: Well, thanks for the interview, I wish you success in the further season.
Polina: Thank you very much.

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P.S. Polina leaves the impression of a very humble and well-mannered girl. Good luck to her!
 
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Sophie-Anna

Medalist
Joined
May 24, 2013
I tried to translate the interview, sorry for my bad English
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M.Sharov: Polina, first of all I congratulate you on the outstanding performance and the convicting victory. Share you impressions of the event and Bratislava
Polina: Thank you very much for congratulations. For me it all was at the first time, it’s very interesting, unusually, not the same as in Russia. The city is very beautiful, ancient, I managed to take a walk – it’s holiday. I bought some souvenirs and gifts.

M.Sharov: What are planning for this season?
Polina: Of course, the main task is to skate clean and to demonstrate all I can. There is a strong wish to be selected to JGPF and to JW.

M.Sharov: Let’s speak about what you everything began with in figure skating. Why your parents decided to send to FS?
Polina: In the childhood I was very vigorous child therefore my parents decided to send my energy to the correct course. There was a skating rink near my home so my parents sent me to figure skating.

M.Sharov: Do you remember how you went out to ice for the first time?
Polina: No, I don’t. As my relatives told, I went out to ice and I ran. That is I was afraid of nothing, may be I fell, but I didn’t feel fear.

M.Sharov: And what is your first conscious reminiscence of figure skating?
Polina: I remember that I didn't like to make the Arabesque spiral – it was a very difficult element and I’ve been always upset because I’ve been struggled with it for a long time.

M.Sharov: Two years ago you moved to Moscow. Whether it was easy to get used to the new city and mainly – to the new group and the new coach?
Polina: To me the moving wasn't heavy to be worried. It was heavy to my parents: I lived in Moscow with my father, and my mother lived in Omsk. I was very glad to start skating in the same group of Yulia Lipnitskaya, Zhenia Medvedeva, Moris (Kvitelashvili), Adyan (Pitkeev) under the coaching of E.Tutberidze and S.Dudakov. But the same time it was much terrible to me.

M.Sharov: Tell about the programs: who proposed the music, who is the choreographer?
Polina: The free skating program was left from the last season. The music was offered and the program was choreographed by E.Tutberidze. We decided to leave it for the next season because this program is very much pleasant to all and it very much suits me. The short program – the music was offered by E.Tutberidze and D.Gleichenhauz. We decided to try a new image for me – Spain.

M.Sharov: Tell abot the free skating in more details – what is the image in it?
Polina: It’s the music from the “Chess” musical, but just the program was directed based on the story “Alice in Wonderland”, where Alice gets to the Snow Queen and they play cards battling. Just because of it I have the cards on my palms - hearts and peaks.

M.Sharov: Do you like to watch FS on a tribune or on TV? Or your own trainings and competitions are enough for you?
Polina: Of course, I like to watch FS. And if to watch on a tribune – it is absolutely remarkably, because you can see the emotions, the struggle. But if I have no such opportunity – I watch it on TV or on the computer with pleasure.

M.Sharov: Is there any skater of present or past whom you wanna resemble? Have you a favorite skater?
Polina: I have no favorite skaters, but I wanna skate as Carolina Kostner – wide, beautiful. To spin – Yulia Lipnitskaya has very good spins. Also it would be desirable to present the program also emotionally as, for example, Sergey Voronov.

M.Sharov: Have you favorite or unloved elements?
Polina: I would say that I haven’t any favorite or unloved ones, but I most like jump elements (smiling).

M.Sharov: Whether happens terribly before any routine?
Polina: It is rather not fear, but excitement. The excitement is present at each athlete, just need to learn to cope with it.

M.Sharov: Wich number do you like skate – at the beginning or at the end of a warm-up?
Polina: I already learned to skate with any start number as we have skates every day and it is necessary me to skate at the beginning, at the end, in the middle. But the last year I preferred more to skate at the beginning.

M.Sharov: How do you adjust yourself before a routine, what are you thinking about in that moment?
Polina: Depending on a situation. I try to think about the routine, about the good only, about I can do all. everything turns out at the practices and there is no necessary to worry much.

M.Sharov: And during the routine? Does it happen so - some foreign thought comes?
Polina: No, it doesn’t happen, I am always concentrated on the routine.

M.Sharov: It is known that young figure skaters have no much time to go to school owing to it their education suffers. Many fans worry about it. How are you with it?
Polina: I go to school every day to three lessons, on Friday I go to school on for the whole day because Friday is my holiday on the rink and I carry out everything what my school teachers set. I study well, for 4 and 5 marks [at five-point system of education]

M.Sharov: And have you a favorite subject or unloved one?
Polina: Yes, I like physics and algebra, don’t like history.

M.Sharov: How do like to spend your free time (if it happens, of course)?
Polina: Certainly, it isn't enough free time for me, but I like drawing and watching detective TV series much.

M.Sharov: And what kind of music do you like listening to?
Polina: I have no particular preference in music, I listen to everything that I like.

M.Sharov: Well, thanks for the interview, I wish you success in the further season.
Polina: Thank you very much.

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P.S. Polina leaves the impression of a very humble and well-mannered girl. Good luck to her!

Thank you very much for translation :) I hope so much she will be at the WJ, but we can't be sure about it because this year there are four amazing Russian juniors (Sakhanovich, Proklova, Sotskova, Tsurskaya) and I think all four won't have it easy to be selected to the team. Anyway, I think Polina is another amazing talent. I had a pleasure to see her skating at Bratislava on Friday and her free program was truly highlight of the night. She skates with a great speed going into her jumps, which are very high, controled and landed without a problem. During the warm-up she had no problem with landings and she looked absolutely calm before her program.When she started to warming up I saw she is really great and I was sure she will win the event. Also I think her music is good for her and choreography is nice as well so I enjoyed her program really much. I think she could be super strong this season. All of Russian prodigies were really strong during their first JGP(just remember Lipnitskaya who had no fall during her first international season).
 

Roman09

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 21, 2014
Sophie-Anna, great thanks for your response, it is very interesting! Certainly, to be in the thick of events and to have the opportunity to see everything alive is much more pleasantly )) I wish to all fans of figure skating to have such opportunity. As for Polina - yes, the competition in the Russian national team is strong, but if Polina will not slow down her pace, so she shouldn't worry about the place in the national team

P.S. Polina's English and Japanese Wiki pages are up!
 
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Roman09

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 21, 2014
ISU JGP Copernicus Stars 2015 (23-25 Sep.2015) - confirmed
http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028299.htm

fresh fanarts
http://cs628128.vk.me/v628128015/12e02/5UdjP_4gOsc.jpg
http://cs628128.vk.me/v628128015/130ce/d1x-YEBlkFA.jpg
http://cs628128.vk.me/v628128015/130d7/uU-2e0KrDP0.jpg

a blog review
http://offthetoepick.blogspot.ru/2015/08/review-of-polina-tsurskayas-winning-jgp.html

more beautiful pics of the SP
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/376ab/4EVI8wXjLjw.jpg
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/376b4/vNT-uaFCdHs.jpg
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/376bd/-dpX2eD3ox4.jpg
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/376c6/2in1d1j-CMs.jpg
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/376dd/wFIbraL5scs.jpg

Polina and the others are on trainings - a photo report of the museum "The Ice Olympus"
http://icemuseum.ru/репортаж-ледяного-олимпа-с-тренировк/

two supermegabeauties
http://websta.me/p/1060799903697055356_332497154

more pics
http://cs624820.vk.me/v624820388/3d301/m1JXp8cD0Rc.jpg
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http://cs624820.vk.me/v624820388/3d38e/QuNTiBk1oyA.jpg
http://cs624820.vk.me/v624820388/3d397/RYHfyA2TZeQ.jpg
with Mai Mihara: http://cs624820.vk.me/v624820388/3d350/UXrteHFRFMc.jpg

more Sharov's pis from Bratislava
#practice http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b1d2/jZvFVRfioqs.jpg
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#practice http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b1f5/nC7Pf-qjnAw.jpg
#practice http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b1ec/jXaIcNAX1vk.jpg
#practice http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b1fd/ME2lFfqEA3I.jpg
#practice http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b206/27ZUvR3jNPo.jpg
#neartheside http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b19f/VBt82TjxP5E.jpg
#neartheside http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b1a8/lqrvOZvD4V8.jpg
#neartheside http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b1b1/2JM3z8sMD1M.jpg
#neartheside http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b196/A3q6iQRcqI8.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b184/uyXJhJrLPo4.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b17b/qWB49hUWS-s.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b172/hsmV_dDLtOs.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b160/UHbIzY1PXaw.jpg (the back vision!)
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b158/19t5vwe74ps.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b14f/iPE5wkRRQUw.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b147/PbFm4uR5Gno.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b13e/xYLpQSfmPyk.jpg
#warmup http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b136/Safb4Qc5ubw.jpg
#attentivelook http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b257/efMpT7VJk4c.jpg
#attentivelook http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b234/XxczRoBZR64.jpg
#attentivelook http://cs628129.vk.me/v628129760/1b23d/kMRhMT973U4.jpg

Polina & Valeria Mikhailova are on Slovnaft Arena's stand in Bratislava
https://pp.vk.me/c628129/v628129760/1bb17/6uBOVFyW0sg.jpg
https://pp.vk.me/c628129/v628129760/1bb20/OCZ64e45I2k.jpg
https://pp.vk.me/c628129/v628129760/1bb29/GBqP6cos-Vg.jpg
https://pp.vk.me/c628129/v628129760/1bb43/4SFTEXGNcbQ.jpg

Russland.TV
Eiskunstlauf: Polina Zurskaja - Toptalent [Tsurskaya]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQUECBlitYg&feature=youtu.be&a
(on German)
 
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Roman09

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 21, 2014
From Polina’s ask.fm

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “Hachikō”

Q: Have you a bf?
A: No

Q: What is your current height?
A: 168 cm

Q: How many cm did you grow up since the beginning of the year?
A: Approximately 8 cm

Q: Will you jump a Triple Axel?
A: Not any time soon. But I’m planning to learn it

Q: Do you constrain yourself in food? Do you eat sweet food?
A: I eat sweeties, but within the allowable ) If it is necessary to reset a little in weight, I can be limited in food

Q: Don’t grow up anymore
A: But what is bad in high growth?

Q: Do long legs give +1 to PCS?
A: I agree with it :)))

Q: Did you ever go fishing?
A: Yes, I’ve been going fishing with my Grandfather quite often when I was living in Omsk

Q: What time do you usually get up?
A; 8.30 AM (go to bed no later than midnight)

Q: How often do you go to school?
A: Only on Fridays

Q: Are you well-known person in your school?
A: No, I just passed into other school (because of better conditions)

Q: What's the thing can get ET angry?
A: Pops

Q: Are your parents tall?
A: Yes, they are. Also my brother's eight is 2 m

Q: Does your high growth prevent you to jump?
A: No, it doesn't so far. How it'll be further - we'll see. I hope everything will be OK

Q: Did you ever tried 3Lz-3Lo and 3Lo-3Lo at practices? Can we look forward them on competitions?
A: Yes, I did! They turn out well )) Perhaps, we will insert them into programs, but maybe we'll not

Q: What age did you jump Triple Lutz for the first time?
A: 11yo, but I started jumping it stable after passing into the ET's group in 12yo 😉

Q: Have you ever such days then you just can't feel your jumps, they don't turn out at all?
A: Unfortunately, yes. It seems to me that it happens to every athlete indeed

Q: Do you consider that C.Kostner PCS after some her awful skates are adequate?
A: Yes, she skate like a Godess :eek::

Pics from there
http://cs621829.vk.me/v621829846/3bcfa/SiI805J9-qY.jpg
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/3ae6d/bl-57BtcXCA.jpg
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http://cs621829.vk.me/v621829712/3adf1/FIg5PlLO28w.jpg
http://cs621829.vk.me/v621829608/43e29/Z3nKfLyZLzo.jpg
 
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Watermelondrea

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 26, 2014
By FAR the best Russian Lady right now. And she's a junior! Compared to the test skates we've seen, the music choices are the best. Her jumping technique is absolutely mesmerizing!! Huge delay in rotation, so much height, putting a lot of them in the second half, being able to get high GOE without needing to put the hand up (*cough cough* Medvedeva and Sakhanovich), and her running edges are incredible, she has the ability to raise her leg up like it's nothing! Not to mention, one of the few Russian ladies whose axel technique is not absolutely disastrous. Of course the steps aren't really all that great, and the spins could use some work, but I can't help but say this is really the most promising junior I've seen in a while! Now we must see if she can stand the test of consistency. I hope so!!
 

Watermelondrea

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 26, 2014
Was just curious, have there been any juniors like her? I mean, any with her jumping technique or anything like that? Like I know Lipnitskaia was faultless her first junior season but her technique wasn't that great, which is why she is struggling now. Polina seems to have grown pretty early, and being able to jump that well at the height she is, I don't forsee any issues in the future. What do you all think?
 

Roman09

Final Flight
Joined
Feb 21, 2014
Ask.fm On a question, had she ever falls, Polina answered it so:
http://cs621917.vk.me/v621917321/3e13c/RBwbRkvYpxg.jpg
:)

Q(mine): How difficult was it to move to Moscow?
A: It was unusual for me, I wasn't having any friends (in Moscow), I was hesitating. It was very difficult to my parents

Q: Were you accepted to the ET's group immediately or at first you were skating for a some time with her? Was it terrible?
A: I arrived on a viewing for 3 days, I was accepted after the first one

Q: Would you like to visit Japan?
A: Yes, according to stories of my friends, it's cool there
 
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The Finn

Record Breaker
Joined
Feb 27, 2015
So, she will have her 2nd event this week. What do you think, will she break the World Junior Record of 194.29 set by Radionova? And I don't mean just JGP Poland but also the JGPF and the Junior Worlds. I doubt that it would happen in Poland but later in the season, who knows.
 

berry8

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 24, 2015
So, she will have her 2nd event this week. What do you think, will she break the World Junior Record of 194.29 set by Radionova? And I don't mean just JGP Poland but also the JGPF and the Junior Worlds. I doubt that it would happen in Poland but later in the season, who knows.

Her jumps are to die for so like her SQ. She is so elegant on ice :)
No doubt she will !!
 
Joined
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Country
Russia
Brief History of Polina Tsurskaya.

She was born 11 Jul 2001, Omsk City.

Started skating at 2005 in Omsk.

Very early became "local star" and competed at National level competitions.

At March 2010, 2011, 2012 was at Zhuk Memorial ("baby nationals") younger age (10 y.o. and younger), places 27, 14, 8.

At seasons 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 competed at Russian Cup Events (Junior), places 13 to 17.
At March 2013 was 8th at Zhuk Memorial, Elder Age (11-12 y.o.).

At summer 2013 mived to Moscow, coach Eteri Tutberidze. Results became much better.
She qualified to Junior Nationals (Jan 2014), where she was 5th, ahead her were only JGP Finalists Sakhanovich, Sotskova, Proklova, Medvedeva.
She won Final of Russian Cup (Junior) at Feb 2014 and Zhuk Memorial Elder Age (at Mar 2014), At Crystal Skate was 2nd, below Anastasia Gubanova.

At Junior Nationals (Feb 2015) she was 4th (after Medvedeva, Sakhanovich, Sotskova), won Final of Russian Cup (Junior) at Feb 2015, won Spartakiad at Mar 2015 (ahead reigning World Junior Champion Medvedeva), won Nationals Elder Age at Mar 2015.

At season 2015/2016 she won 1st Event of JGP.
 
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