[22] She stopped competing in 2000, but continues to skate in professional skating tours, shows and competitions. On 20 November 1995, while the pair were rehearsing in Lake Placid, New York for opening night of the upcoming tour, Grinkov collapsed on the ice and died at age 28 from a massive heart attack. An autopsy showed that two arteries to Sergei's heart wereblocked and that he'd had an earlier, undetected heart attack inthe last 24 hours of his life. Unless his condition was discovered and he had a bypass, the probability of survival for him was remote. Katya made the necessary arrangements in the middle of a holidayweek in the middle of nowhere. [29] Gordeeva, Kulik, Daria, and Elizaveta made their first televised appearance as a family for Kristi Yamaguchi's Friends and Family in 2005 and appeared in the 2006 and 2007 versions of the show. The entire front half of his heart muscle and a part of the left side of his heart muscle were deprived of oxygen., He also noted that a familial history of coronary artery disease is a factor, and apparently his father did die early of heart disease.. Grinkov and Gordeeva, who met as pre-schoolers at a skating club in their native Moscow, had lived the last few years in Tampa, Fla., and Simsbury, Conn., in a small enclave of skaters from the former Soviet Union, including former Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko and Oksana Baiul. [20] Gordeeva and her family spoke Russian at home and frequently traveled to Russia. First, they fell in love. The pair won the 1985 World Junior Championship in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sergei basically had drawn an unlucky number from the genetic pool. There was a family history of heart disease, including his father, who died in his mid-40s. Her father is 1998 Olympic men's singles champion Ilia Kulik. Ekaterina Gordeeva's Tribute to Sergei Grinkov (Celebration of a Life) TheSkatingLesson 50K subscribers Subscribe 8.3K Share 639K views 2 years ago Ekaterina Gordeeva's Tribute to Sergei. Could anyone ever have more friends from more disparate places?Could anyone ever have better friends, friends and family whowould do absolutely anything to ease Ekaterina Gordeeva's pain?Could anyone ever be more alone? "The last Olympics was another life. COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY HEINZ KLUETMEIER Death Spiral This dazzling maneuver was part of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov's gold-medal-winning pairs performance at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Gordeeva, 17, and Grinkov, 22, who won the pairs title in 1986 and 1987, were upset last year and then skipped the European championships in England last January because of an injury to. Gordeeva has returned to the tour as a guest star many times, but has never returned to full-time touring. But his heart was disproportionately enlarged, more than you would expect for an athlete because of his history of hypertension. Their daughter, Daria Sergeyevna Gordeeva-Grinkova,[29] was born on 11 September 1992, in Morristown, New Jersey. We do see young people who are physically fit die and have this disease, and its probably related to a genetic predisposition, Varga said. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. [8] The same year, with the aid of author E. M. Swift, she told her story in a book titled My Sergei: A Love Story. Yekaterina Gordeeva and Sergey Grinkov, (respectively, born May 28, 1971, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.; born February 4, 1967, Moscowdied November 20, 1995, Lake Placid, New York, U.S.), Russian-born figure-skating pair who gained worldwide acclaim with four world . He said there was no indication of steroids or any other form of drug or alcohol abuse. The tears came, and she could not stop them. Their career peaked when they won their first Olympic gold medal with a unanimous vote at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, but it took a surprising turn in 1990 when, claiming their competitive drive had diminished, they retired as world champions. Here now Requiem at show. "It's a number about the memories that photographs keep the memories and give the good memories," Gordeeva explained. [28] Gordeeva rejoined Stars on Ice in November 2010 for the 25th Anniversary Tour. What was it she had said to ScottHamilton, the 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist and her friend? Gordeeva has said that she felt as if she skated with Sergei that night, that she was "double strong" because she felt him with her. It is an autobiographical letter from mother to daughter about childhood memories, skating, differences between Russian and American culture and the importance of family. They won their first World Professional Championship in 1991, and went on to win that title two more times (1992 and 1994). All Rights Reserved. Gordeeva has signed several endorsement contracts, the most notable of which was with Target and led to two perfumes ("Katia" and "Katia Sport") which were sold through Target stores. They were a classic, ballet-trained duo whose romantic style on ice mirrored the love story they. I rubbed Katyas back, and with my other hand I just touched Sergeis skate. They already had bought a home in Tampa, but when plans were announced for international ice training center in Simsbury, and Peterenko and gold medal winner Oksana Baiul and other skaters and coaches from the Former Soviet Union started moving to town, this seemed to be a chance to combine the many pieces of a happy life. "They are the consummate pair. "Now I'm so happy to skate with Sergei, who I'm so in love with. So few people actually do.". Gordeeva and Grinkov began skating together in 1982 at the ages of eleven and fifteen respectively. In stark contrast to the powerful, intricate lifts of Mishkutienok and Dmitriev, Grinkov holds Gordeeva aloft and sets her down as if she were a small bird. RELATED: Her Dream Seemed Impossible After Failing 5 Times But Aljona Savchenko Refused To Give Up Sergei Grinkov was born in Moscow to Anna Filipovna Grinkova and Mikhail Kondrateyevich Grinkov and had an older sister, Natalia Mikailovna Grinkova. Their last public performance, just days before Grinkov's sudden death, was in the "Skates for Gold III" television special in Albany, N.Y. On 20 November 1995, Grinkov collapsed and died from a massive heart attack in Lake Placid, New York, while he and Gordeeva were practicing for the upcoming 1995-1996 Stars on Ice tour. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov / / , Lillehammer . As the years passed, their skating matured with their relationship, evolving from an athletic show of muscle and speed to a husband-and-wife togetherness edged with tenderness. Paramedics were on the ice within 90 seconds. After she skates off the ice, Katia Gordeeva picks up her little daughter and embraces her with a huge hug. "Because I was so young before, I did not realize everything," Gordeeva said. He'd had a heart attack. It would be their final public performance together. They showed them all.". Now, with Grinkov's sudden death on the ice, they shall never skate together again (page 34). Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva (Russian: ; born 28 May 1971)[1] is a Russian figure skater. The shock was immediate; it cast a pall over a village that has worshipped Olympic heroes since it first hosted the 1932 Winter Games. On 15 June 2001, Gordeeva gave birth to her second daughter, Elizaveta (or the diminutive "Liza," pronounced LEE-za) Ilinichna Kulik. It was all very sweet. Her ice skating moves as well as her facial expressions show all of those feelings as well as grief. "Maybe everything was too good, too perfect. What an incredibly strong woman and a beautiful and touching tribute to her late husband! On 12 November 1995, they appeared in an exhibition called Skates of Gold III in Albany, New York. Gordeevas mother arrived to take care of Daria while the pair went on tour. The arena burst into a round of applause after last performance of Gordeeva and Grinkov. He was lifeless.". Ekaterina Gordeeva had held herself together for most of this longest day of her life at the end of the longest week of her life--the performer doing her job, making other people feel at ease, no matter how bad she felt inside--but at the end there would be no control. And then she cried for all there was and all there might havebeen. A well-muscled 5-foot-11 man throwing a ponytailed 5-1 girl through the air, while both glided on skates at dizzying speeds. "We love our music. A Red Army band played the Russian nationalanthem. Photo Gerard Vandystadt. "Youd see G & G everywhere around town," Jay Slovens, a publicist for the ice center, said. "He puts his hand up, and hers is there," says Elaine DeMore, who was the U.S. judge in the pairs competition. La Mirada teen swimmer Kayla Han makes national waves with Paris 2024 on horizon, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier take pairs gold at U.S. Don't watchthem; just listen. "We'd all done thistour for a number of years. Gordeeva and Grinkov, who represented the Soviet Union, have an illustrious competitive legacy, winning four world titles (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990) and 1988 Olympic gold before turning professional in late 1990. The whole performance is very emotional, full of longing and anguish and sorrow. Go to practice one day. [13], Arguably the most influential, celebrated and highly decorated pair team in the history of the sport, many consider them to be the greatest pair team ever to take the ice. In 2001, she was the subject of a Lenox figurine called "Katia's Celebration of Life," which depicts her performing a layback spin in the tribute she skated for Grinkov. Photos Copyright by Bill Swersey Afterward they immigrated to the United States to skate professionally. In the fall of 1995, they were preparing new programs and getting ready to return to Stars on Ice for a fourth season. [31], Gordeeva and her family resided in California for several years before moving to Avon, Connecticut, in 2003. Grinkov and Gordeeva won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in pairs skating. Grinkov and Gordeeva, who met as pre-schoolers at a skating club in their native Moscow, had lived the last few years in Tampa, Fla., and Simsbury, Conn., in a small enclave of skaters from the former Soviet Union, including former Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko and Oksana Baiul. Or, more accurately, each won for the other and for their 17-month-old daughter, Daria, who was back in Moscow. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Paired together somewhat reluctantly as children in Moscow underthe old-line Soviet Union sports machine when she was 10 and hewas 14, they grew up, fell in love, married and found freedom,all in public view. Figure Skating championships, Isabeau Levito battles through the pressure to win U.S. figure skating title, Elliott: Mikaela Shiffrin has more wins than any woman in skiing. Katya accompanied the body to Moscow, and on Saturday, at the ice rink that houses the Central Red Army hockey team and was the place where Sergei started skating, she sat through the funeral. He had a bit of high blood pressure and had been bothered by a bad back that caused some numbness in his left leg, but otherwise he seemed in fine health. She hosted a private wake at a funeral parlor in Saranac Lake and talked with friends and accepted condolences. The Story Of Gordeeva & Grinkov . Gordeeva and Grinkov had a state wedding on 20 April 1991 and a church wedding on 28 April. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Omissions? He was the hand incontrol of this spectacular yo-yo. "I was 16, and everything was too easy for me," angel-eyed Ekaterina Gordeeva said last week after capturing her second gold medal with skating partner Sergei Grinkov, her husband of three. [Ekaterina Gordeeva and her mother-in-law Anna looking into coffin of Sergei Grinkov], COLOR PHOTO: ALLSPORT G & G (center), a pair not yet a couple, won the 1986 worlds. No cameras and lights were broken down and taken to another place. In fact, they had just filmed a spot for a Christmasprogram to run on a local television channel. After turning pro in 1990, Gordeeva and Grinkov won their first World Professional Championship in 1991 and 1992, and 1994. The result was all they hoped it could be. Eight of the nine judges put Grinkov and Gordeeva ahead of countrymen Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev, gold medalists two years earlier in Albertville. 1999-2023 www.youtube.com . The relaxed sigh was themuted reaction when he did his job, bringing her home safelyagain. Maybe it should have been sosimple. After nine years of skating together, they married and had a daughter. When Katya rushed from the rink in tears, asking for help, the other skaters thought at first that something must have happened because of Sergeis back. "Maybe everything was too good, too perfect. (Read Scott Hamiltons Britannica entry on figure skating.). She was paired with Russian actor Egor Beroev and they won the show. "They're unavailable now," Stars on Ice publicist Lynn Plage said. "All their overhead moves are done at smooth, quiet speed," says DeMore. Calls came from every where. World champions when she was 14, Olympic champions when she was 16, they first performed as if they were brother and sister. No one else does that in pairs skating. They didn't make noise when they skated. Katya was composed throughout the service. They are one of the few pair teams to win back-to-back junior and senior world championship titles. What was it she had said to Skott Hamilton, the 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medalist and her friend? Together with her husband, the late Sergei Grinkov, she was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990) in pair skating. We all wish we could find that kind of feeling, that perfect nuclear life. She was just 11 when she began skating with Grinkov and they eventually became Russia's dominant team. Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter. For the Russian journalist, documentary writer and author, see, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, "Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Biography", "Ekaterina Gordeeva is going to spend a vacation in Moscow", "When Olympic Champions Moved In, They Put Simsbury on the World Map", "A golden princess: Quiet deserving winner", "World Professional Figure Skating Championships- Landover, MD", "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Collection Ekaterina Gordeeva", "Gordeeva crosses skate paths with Bure again", "Q&a With Daria Gordeeva-Grinkova: Stick replaces skates", "Figure skating only at Kulik, Gordeeva's new rink", "ILIA KULIK VS EKATERINA GORDEEVA | Court Records", "Bad Sport: How Jamie Sal and David Pelletier's Lives Changed After the 2002 Olympics", "TV SPORTS; CBS Use of Gordeyeva Goes Way Beyond Ice", "TELEVISION; Using the Art of Fiction to Enliven Truth", Olympic champions in figure skating Pairs, World champions in figure skating Pairs, European champions in figure skating Pairs, Skate Canada International champions in figure skating Pairs, NHK Trophy champions in figure skating Pairs, World Junior champions in figure skating Pairs, Soviet champions in figure skating Pairs, Russian champions in figure skating Pairs, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ekaterina_Gordeeva&oldid=1136367071, European Figure Skating Championships medalists, Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Figure skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Olympic figure skaters of the Soviet Union, Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union, Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples, World Figure Skating Championships medalists, World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists, Goodwill Games medalists in figure skating, Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni, Articles with Encyclopdia Britannica links, Articles containing Russian-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. I don't think she's ever going to be able to skate again.". [34] Gordeeva and Kulik divorced in 2016.[35][36]. [12] He was also the subject of a book, geared towards the 912 age group, titled They Died Too Young: Sergei Grinkov written by Anne E. Hill. Grinkov's father died of heart disease in 1991. Gordeeva and Grinkov's good friends and countrymen Natalia Mishkutienok and Artur Dmitriev, the gold medalists in 1992 in Albertville, had just given the performance of their livesa stirring 4-minute program that lifted the spectators out of their seats. He let her fly. They rejoined Tom Collins Tour of World Champions, a troupe of amateur and professional stars, figuring they could skate for four or five years as professionals, make some money, then move on to separate, comfortable lives. They didn't make noise when they skated. He married Ekaterina Gordeeva in April 1991. Sergei Mikhailovich Grinkov (Russian: ; 4 February 1967 20 November 1995) was a Russian pair skater. After Grinkov's death, Gordeeva continued performing as a singles skater. They had a daughter, Daria, a year and a half later. [37][38] They live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They skated throughout the United States and Canada with the show, which ran from November 1991 through April 1992. They are wife and husband, parents of a 15-month-old daughter . The legal, official state-approved wedding was on 20 April, and a religious wedding in the Russian Orthodox Church took place on 28 April. When they heard aboutthe change there was little debate about whether to return. "I think it was on my tour when they first fell for each other,"Collins said. Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, 1988 olympics, SP | Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, 1988 olympics, SP Ekaterina Gordeeva, born 28 May 1971 Is a Russian figure skater. With a smile, she laments her recently televised performance at the Northwestern Mutual Life World Team Championship in Milwaukee,. "This timeI have a husband and I know my daughter watches me on TV. Gordeeva, 24, rushed to an adjoining rink for help. Wrapped in the arms of the same Russian Orthodox priest who had married her to Sergei Grinkov only 4 and a half years ago, she cried and cried, cried for Sergei and cried for herself, cried at the realization that the words "and they lived happily ever after" were only words after all. The gasp of the crowd always came when Katya--her nickname--dropped close to the ice, her head only an inch or two away from serious injury. In the 31 competitions whose results are known at the senior and professional levels, they finished first 24 times and never lower than second place from the time they won their first senior world title. Vayamos al principio. The lives of Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva were the stuff of dreams that only seem to come true in books. No one elsedoes that in pairs skating. 21,820 views Oct 1, 2011 The last performance of Gordeeva and Grinkov. They married in 1991. Now I try to remember each face, each person. Fairy tales aren't supposed to end this way. [3][30] Gordeeva and Kulik married in a private ceremony in San Francisco on 10 June 2002. Maybe he dropped Katya. The outpouring of grief had been constant since her husband had collapced and died in Lake Placid on Nov. 20, a 28-year-old victim of a coronary artery disease, and it was no different now. In November 1987, Grinkov caught a blade on the ice during a practice session and dropped Gordeeva on her forehead. We all just stared out at the lake.". EkaterinaGordeeva had held herself together for most of this longest dayof her life at the end of the longest week of her life--theperformer doing her job, making other people feel at ease, nomatter how bad she felt inside--but at the end there would be nocontrol. At the 1932 rink next door, the Skating Club of the Adirondacks met as usual, but the mood of the skaters was subdued. They move so freely, their blades don'tscratch the ice.". They chose to hug, their tears saying more than any words could. They move so freely, their blades dont scratch the ice.". Gordeeva's motherarrived to take care of Daria while the pair went on tour.Everyone was together. They merged the artistic and the athletic. His wife was 24 and their daughter was 3 years old. Of the reinstated pros, only Gordeeva and Grinkov skated away with gold. This was where wecame, Lake Placid, every year for Thanksgiving. Gordeeva briefly returned to pairs skating during the 200809 season when she participated in a Russian reality television show called Ice Age 2, a figure skating version of Dancing with the Stars. The result was all they hoped it could be. Grinkov is interred in the Vagan'kovskoye Cemetery in Moscow. Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Paul Wylie and the other skaters in the Stars on Ice show were there when Grinkov fell for the final time. "They really are what pairs skating ought to be," John Nicks, aprominent U.S. coach, once said in describing Grinkov andGordeeva at work. However, Daria still skates with her mother in amateur ranks. Gordeeva says she is gaining confidence as a solo skater. Grinkov had suffered from pains in his back. His heart was enlarged, as athletes hearts frequently are, Varga said. "At the beginning,everyone laughed. She dedicated a number to the memory of her father, Alexander Gordeev, who died of a heart attack in 2008. My Sergei: A Love Story was written by Gordeeva with Sports Illustrated writer E. M. Swift and published in 1996. Five days before his death. Ekaterina "Katia" Alexandrovna Gordeeva is a Russian (Former Soviet) figure skater. "It's going to be really hard on his wife because she's so young," said Elizabeth Deon, a teenage skater with the club. "He was blue," Wylie, one of 14 Olympians on the tour, said. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. An autopsy showed that two arteries to Sergeis heart were blocked and that hed had an earlier, undetected heart attack in the last 24 hours of his life. She entered professional skating competitions and appeared on television in skating-themed specials. At the start of the figure skating routine, soft lights illuminate the ice while Katia Gordeeva skates out to the middle of the rink. At the end of it, she outstretches her arms to the sky like she is reaching out for her Sergei. | By Figure Skating Moments | Facebook Log In Forgot Account? ", DeMore and the judging panel were so enamored of the elegant pair that they seemed to barely notice Grinkov's two glitches during the performancesingling a double Salchow and hobbling the landing on a double flip. Katya accompanied the body to Moscow, andon Saturday, at the ice rink that houses the Central Red Armyhockey team and was the place where Sergei started skating, shesat through the funeral. If Gordeeva and Grinkov skated like brother and sister in 1988lyrically, harmoniously, but without emotional tensionin 1994 they skated as husband and wife. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. We all wish we could find that kind of feeling, thatperfect nuclear life. Starring the Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze, it included interviews with family and friends and archival skating footage.[42][43]. "It's absolutely surreal," said Don Krone, spokesman for the Olympic Regional Development Authority, which operates the rink. "[11] Grinkov was 28 years old. All this makes me more nervous, butmore excited.". "I think that she was really in love with him. When Katya rushed from the rink in tears, asking for help, theother skaters thought at first that something must have happenedbecause of Sergei's back. "He didn't answer at first, because he doesn't want to tell me bad things," she said. She cried and looked very small and vulnerable in her black minkcoat. "Olympic Skater Sergei Grinkov Dies at 28". Their state wedding was on 20 April and the church wedding was on 28 April. He was worried about some of the lifts that he would have to do when he and Katya went on the Discover Card Stars on Ice tour in late December. [Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva on medal stand with others], THREE COLOR PHOTOS: PHOTOS BY BILL SWERSEY Baiul and Petrenko (top) lent their support, but when Sergei was buried, Ekaterina stood alone. They won Olympic gold at Calgary in 1988 and, after a stint as professionals, returned six years later to take gold again, at Lillehammer. She became a beautiful young woman.". Its set for December 3. If he faltered slightly twice--singling a double Salchow and bobbling the landing on a double flip--the mistakes were more than overcome by the rest of the program. They were a classic, ballet-trained duo whose romantic style on ice mirrored the love story they shared off it. A 1998 stamp commemorating Gordeeva and Grinkov. Several things are remarkable about the way these two skate. No date has been set for the funeral. Grinkov and Gordeeva won two Olympic gold medals and four world championships in pairs skating. The sudden death Monday of the 28-year-old Sergei Grinkov, a two-time Olympic gold-medal-winning Russian pairs skater, resulted from a painless heart attack that occurred in the last 24 hours of . Fans around the world continue to commemorate Grinkov and G&G and their skating lives in videos available online and commercially. After the Olympics, the pair returned to professional skating and moved to Simsbury, Connecticut. To the gentle, haunting strains of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Gordeeva and Grinkov began their suspension of time and space. Gordeeva's account of her years together with Grinkov topped the New York Times Best Seller list[41] and includes many black-and-white and color photos from Gordeeva and Grinkov's personal collection, as well as publicity photos from their various touring groups, such as Stars On Ice. Together with his wife Ekaterina Gordeeva, he was the 1988 and 1994 Olympic Champion and a four-time World Champion (1986, 1987, 1989, 1990). Could anyone ever have more friends from more disparate places? Gordeeva subsequently pursued a singles skating career. Instead, the pair changed coaches.[8]. Together with her partner and. After Grinkov's death, Gordeeva continued performing as a singles skater. That was why it could not last." Gordeeva married Canadian figure skater David Pelletier on 25 July 2020. Could anyone know--really know--what had disappeared? allpass_containerRequests.push([jQuery("#allpass_container0"), "Wide", null, null]); The following year they won the first of their four World Figure Skating Championships. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. "It's so peaceful. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov were two time olympic gold medalists & four time world champions. Ten inches taller, stolid and smooth, he was the quite foundation to the act. They are one of the few pair teams to win back-to-back junior and senior world championship titles. [6] In the 31 competitions they completed at the Senior and professional levels, they finished first 24 times and finished off the podium only once; from the time they won their first World Championships, they never placed lower than silver and took gold in all but four of the competitions they completed. While she has never returned to pair skating as a full-time endeavor, she has performed pair elements in many shows through the years with partners including Artur Dmitriev, Anton Sikharulidze, David Pelletier and John Zimmerman. The outpouring of grief had been constantsince her husband had collapsed and died in Lake Placid on Nov.20, a 28-year-old victim of coronary artery disease, and it wasno different now. In a beautiful routine by Olympic figure skater Katia Gordeeva, she pays an emotional tribute to her late husband, Sergei Grinkov. The tears came, and she could not stop them. "They proved that this kind of couple not only can work, but that this is the best way to do it," Stanislav Zhuk, one of Sergeis first skating coaches, said, "At the beginning, everyone laughed. [13][14] During the 199495 season, they toured with Stars on Ice, this time as headliners. They became as close off the ice as they were on the ice. Updates? 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