Kandahar
Place:	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Mountain:	Kreuzeck / Zugspitze Garmisch Classic
Member:	Club5+
Opened:	1936 (Kandahar 1) 2009 (Kandahar 2)
Competition:	Arlberg-Kandahar races
Downhill
Kandahar 1 (women's course)
Start:	1,490 m (4,888 ft) (AA)
Finish:	770 m (2,526 ft)
Vertical drop:	720 m (2,362 ft)
Length:	2.920 km (1.81 mi)
Max. incline:	40.4 degrees (85%)
Most wins (W):	Lindsey Vonn (5x)
Most wins (M):	Roland Collombin (3x) Steve Podborski (3x)
Kandahar 2 (men's course)
Start:	1,690 m (5,545 ft) (AA)
Finish:	770 m (2,526 ft)
Vertical drop:	920 m (3,018 ft)
Length:	3.330 km (2.07 mi)
Max. incline:	42.6 degrees (92%)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Location in Germany

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Location in the Alps

Kandahar is a classic World Cup downhill ski course in Bavaria, Germany, opened in 1936. It is located at the Garmisch Classic ski area on the Zugspitze, above Garmisch-Partenkirchen.^[1]

Since 1954, the competition called Arlberg-Kandahar races have been held here, which is rotating with other notable downhill ski courses in Austria, Switzerland, France, and Italy.

In 2009, the new "Kandahar 2" course opened, parallel to the original, which became "Kandahar 1".^[2][3] With a max. incline of 42.6 degrees (92%), it has the 2nd steepest gradient on the World Cup circuit.

The course was named after Sir Frederick Roberts, a British Victorian era major general who was known as "Baron of Kandahar", who led the Kabul Field Force in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and defeated Ayub Khan at the Battle of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. The Kandahar Ski Club of Mürren, Switzerland, was founded by Arnold Lunn and other British skiers in early 1924.

The original Kandahar 1 course was built for the Olympic debut of alpine skiing in 1936. Since 2009, it is used only for women's World Cup speed events, as a new parallel, more demanding "Kandahar 2" downhill ski course opened for the men's events.

The Kandahar 1 course starts on "Tröglhang" at 1,490 m (4,888 ft) (AA), and follows mainly the old men's route. After the "Schußanger" with two curves, "Himmelreich" jump follows where the Super-G start is located, then "Bödele". Then comes the "Waldeck" with 85% gradient, the steepest section in women's circuit and a technically very demending traverse. From 2009, course from there continues by newly built route where also giant slalom starts; the "Eishang" is bypassed by via the "Ramwiesen" and via the "Höllentor" it returns to the original Kandahar in "Hölle", the steep section. Then passing the "FIS Schneise", a sloping run that, after a hard left-hand bend, ends in the men's course just before the "Tauber-Schuss".^[4]

• Tröglhang
• Olympia-Kurve
• Panorama-Sprung
• Schußanger
• Himmelreich
• Alte Quelle
• Bödele
• Waldeck (85%)
• Ramwiesen
• Höllentor
• Hölle
• FIS Schneise
• Tauberschuss
• Finish

A new downhill run for men in 2009, "Kandahar 2" shares the same start and finish with the original course. It begins at the original start at 1,690 m (5,545 ft) (AA) on Kreuzjoch mountain, reaching speed up to 100 km/h (62 mph) after the "S-Kurve". After the "Tröglhang", the steepest section until 2008, the course continues into newly built route in 2009 to "Olympia-Kurve" and then to "Panorama-Sprung".

After that comes the "Alte Quelle", before the route at the "Bödele" returns into the original Kandahar to the start of the giant slalom above "Eishang" and after the cable car jump (40 to 60 m (130 to 195 ft)), the racers turn right into the second newly designed part at the "Kramersprung" (20 to 40 m (65 to 130 ft)). Then to the next newly section called "Padöls" and into "Auf der Mauer" flat passage. Next is "Frei Fall", with 92% incline, the absolute steepest section in this competition. At the end, last couple of hundred metres, routes joins with the old original course into the "Tauber-Schuss" and a twenty-metre (65 ft) jump just before the finish line.

• Starthang
• S-kurve
• Tröglhang
• Olympia-Kurve
• Panorama-Sprung
• Schußanger
• Himmelreich
• Alte Quelle
• Bödele
• Eishang
• Seilbahnsprung
• Kramersprung
• Padöls
• Auf der Mauer
• Freier Fall (92%)
• Tauberschuss
• Finish

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936	KB	7–9 February 1936	Birger Ruud	Franz Pfnür	Gustav Lantschner

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1936	KB	7–8 February 1936	Laila Schou Nilsen	Lisa Resch	Käthe Grasegger

Combined (both downhills held on "Kandahar" and both slaloms on "Gudiberg" course.)

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	DH	29 January 1978	Josef Walcher	Michael Veith	Werner Grissmann
	KB	(DH) 29 January 1978   (GS) 2 February 1978   (SL) 5 February 1978	Andreas Wenzel	Sepp Ferstl	Pete Patterson
2011	SG	9 February 2011	Christof Innerhofer	Hannes Reichelt	Ivica Kostelić
	DH	12 February 2011	Erik Guay	Didier Cuche	Christof Innerhofer
	SC	14 February 2011	Aksel Lund Svindal	Christof Innerhofer	Peter Fill
	GS	18 February 2011	Ted Ligety	Cyprien Richard	Philipp Schörghofer

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	SG	8 February 2011	Elisabeth Görgl	Julia Mancuso	Maria Riesch
	SC	11 February 2011	Anna Fenninger	Tina Maze	Anja Pärson
	DH	13 February 2011	Elisabeth Görgl	Lindsey Vonn	Maria Riesch
	GS	17 February 2011	Tina Maze	Federica Brignone	Tessa Worley

Event	Type	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	PG	16 February 2011	France Taïna Barioz Anémone Marmottan Tessa Worley Thomas Fanara Cyprien Richard Gauthier de Tessières	Austria Anna Fenninger Michaela Kirchgasser Marlies Schild Romed Baumann Benjamin Raich Philipp Schörghofer	Sweden Sara Hector Anja Pärson Maria Pietilä-Holmner Axel Bäck Hans Olsson Matts Olsson

• Men's combined in 1978 (SL and GS held on other courses counted together with DH for combined result.)
• Men's and women's super combined in 2011 (both slaloms held on "Gudiberg" course.)

The World Cup circuit debuted in January 1967.

Gen. Frederick Roberts	Roland Collombin	Steve Podborski	Christoph Gruber
"Baron of Kandahar" (course is named after him)	won record 3 downhills	won record 3 downhills	won record 3 super-Gs

Hermann Maier	Lindsey Vonn	Lara Gut-Behrami
won record 3 super-Gs and record 5 events in total	won record 5 downhills and record 8 events in total	won record 4 super-Gs

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
"Kandahar 1" (old course)
FIS–A
	DH	1954	1954	Ernst Oberaigner	N/A	N/A
	KB		1954	Anderl Molterer	N/A	N/A
	DH	1959	7 February 1959	Karl Schranz	Roger Staub	N/A
	KB		1959	Karl Schranz	N/A	N/A
	GS	1964	1964	Jean-Claude Killy	N/A	N/A
	KB		1964	Jimmie Heuga	N/A	N/A
World Cup
	DH	1969/70	31 January 1970	rescheduled on the next day due to strong fog
76	DH		1 February 1970	Karl Schranz	Karl Cordin	Franz Vogler
138	DH	1972/73	6 January 1973	Roland Collombin	Philippe Roux Marcello Varallo
139	DH		7 January 1973	Roland Collombin	Marcello Varallo	Bernhard Russi
164	DH	1973/74	6 January 1974	Roland Collombin	Franz Klammer	Herbert Plank
183	DH	1974/75	5 January 1975	Franz Klammer	Werner Grissmann	Josef Walcher
237	DH	1976/77	8 January 1977	Franz Klammer	Ernst Winkler	Peter Wirnsberger
238	GS		9 January 1977	Klaus Heidegger	Heini Hemmi	Willi Frommelt
304	DH	1978/79	27 January 1979	Peter Wirnsberger	Uli Spieß	Herbert Plank
306	KB		28 January 1979	Peter Lüscher	Phil Mahre	Andreas Wenzel
354	DH	1980/81	10 January 1981	Steve Podborski	Peter Müller	Harti Weirather
356	KB		6 January 1981   10 January 1981	Phil Mahre	Peter Müller	Andreas Wenzel
401	DH	1981/82	13 February 1982	Steve Podborski	Conradin Cathomen	Harti Weirather
403	KB		14 February 1982	Steve Mahre	Michel Vion	Peter Lüscher
437	SG	1982/83	9 February 1983	Peter Lüscher	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Hans Enn
472	DH	1983/84	28 February 1984	Steve Podborski	Erwin Resch	Franz Klammer
473	SG		29 February 1984	Andreas Wenzel	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Hans Enn
474	KB		28 February 1984   29 February 1984	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Andreas Wenzel	Peter Müller
510	DH	1984/85	26 February 1985	Helmut Höflehner	Peter Müller	Anton Steiner
511	SG		27 February 1985	Marc Girardelli	Andreas Wenzel	Hans Stuffer
512	KB		26 February 1985   27 February 1985	Peter Müller	Peter Lüscher	Franz Heinzer
583	DH	1986/87	10 January 1987	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Michael Mair	Peter Müller
584	SG		11 January 1987	Markus Wasmeier	Pirmin Zurbriggen	Alberto Ghidoni
709	DH	1990/91	5 January 1991	Daniel Mahrer	Atle Skårdal Hannes Zehentner
710	SG		6 January 1991	Günther Mader	Franz Heinzer	Marc Girardelli
738	DH	1991/92	11 January 1992	Markus Wasmeier	Patrick Ortlieb	Hansjörg Tauscher
739	SG		12 January 1992	Patrick Holzer	Paul Accola	Peter Rzehak
741	KB		11 January 1992   13 January 1992	Paul Accola	Ole Kristian Furuseth	Hubert Strolz
	DH	1992/93	8 January 1993	recheduled DH from Val d'Isere cancelled; moved to 11 January
	DH		9 January 1993	original DH (9.1.) program switched with SL (10.1.) due to weather
772	DH		10 January 1993	Franz Heinzer	Pietro Vitalini	Günther Mader
773	KB		9 January 1993   10 January 1993	Marc Girardelli	Kjetil André Aamodt	Günther Mader
774	DH		11 January 1993	Daniel Mahrer	Peter Rzehak	Franz Heinzer
888	DH	1995/96	2 February 1996	Luc Alphand	Brian Stemmle	Peter Runggaldier
	DH		3 February 1996	moved to Monday on 5 February due to weather
	SG		4 February 1996
	DH		5 February 1996	double programm; morning DH cancelled due to TV broadcast problems[5]
889	SG		5 February 1996	Werner Perathoner	Luc Alphand	Patrick Wirth
922	SG	1996/97	21 February 1997	Luc Alphand	Hermann Maier	Werner Perathoner
923	DH		22 February 1997	Luc Alphand	Pietro Vitalini	Kristian Ghedina
924	SG		23 February 1997	Hermann Maier	Kristian Ghedina	Atle Skårdal Lasse Kjus
961	DH	1997/98	31 January 1998	Andreas Schifferer	Nicolas Burtin	Hermann Maier
962	SG		1 February 1998	Hermann Maier	Hans Knauß	Lasse Kjus
1027	DH	1999/00	29 January 2000	Hermann Maier	Kristian Ghedina	Hannes Trinkl
1067	DH	2000/01	27 January 2001	Fritz Strobl	Peter Rzehak	Franco Cavegn
1068	SG		28 January 2001	Christoph Gruber	Hermann Maier	Didier Cuche
1103	SG	2001/02	26 January 2002	Fritz Strobl	Didier Cuche	Stephan Eberharter
1104	SG		27 January 2002	Stephan Eberharter	Didier Cuche	Andreas Schifferer
1141	DH	2002/03	22 February 2003	Stephan Eberharter	Didier Cuche	Daron Rahlves
1142	SG		23 February 2003	Marco Büchel	Stephan Eberharter	Tobias Grünenfelder
1175	DH	2003/04	30 January 2004	Didier Cuche	Daron Rahlves	Stephan Eberharter
1176	DH		31 January 2004	Stephan Eberharter	Fritz Strobl	Alessandro Fattori
1177	SG		1 February 2004	Hermann Maier	Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin	Tobias Grünenfelder
1214	DH	2004/05	18 February 2005	Michael Walchhofer	Hermann Maier	Bode Miller
1215	DH		19 February 2005	Michael Walchhofer	Mario Scheiber	Fritz Strobl
1216	SG		20 February 2005	Christoph Gruber	Didier Défago	François Bourque
1251	DH	2005/06	28 January 2006	Hermann Maier	Klaus Kröll	Andreas Buder
1252	SG		29 January 2006	Christoph Gruber	Scott Macartney	Kjetil André Aamodt
1286	DH	2006/07	23 February 2007	Andrej Jerman	Hans Grugger	Erik Guay
1287	DH		24 February 2007	Erik Guay	Andrej Jerman	Didier Cuche
"Kandahar 2" (new course)
	DH	2008/09	31 January 2009	fog at mid-course; replaced in Kvitfjell on 6 March 2009
1404	DH	2009/10	10 March 2010	Carlo Janka	Mario Scheiber	Erik Guay    Patrick Küng
1405	SG		11 March 2010	Erik Guay	Ivica Kostelić	Aksel Lund Svindal
1406	GS		12 March 2010	Carlo Janka	Davide Simoncelli	Philipp Schörghofer Ted Ligety
1467	DH	2011/12	28 January 2012	Didier Cuche	Erik Guay	Hannes Reichelt
	SG		29 January 2012	fog; replaced in Kvitfjell on 2 March 2012
1514	DH	2012/13	23 February 2013	Christof Innerhofer	Georg Streitberger	Klaus Kröll
1515	GS		24 February 2013	Alexis Pinturault	Marcel Hirscher	Ted Ligety
	DH	2013/14	1 February 2014	lack of snow; replaced in St. Moritz on 1 February 2014
	GS		2 February 2014	lack of snow; replaced in St. Moritz on 2 February 2014
1583	DH	2014/15	28 February 2015	Hannes Reichelt	Romed Baumann	Matthias Mayer
1584	GS		1 March 2015	Marcel Hirscher	Felix Neureuther	Benjamin Raich
1617	DH	2015/16	30 January 2016	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Boštjan Kline	Beat Feuz
	GS		31 January 2016	humid, pouring rain, fog; replaced in Kranjska Gora on 4 March 2016
1660	DH	2016/17	27 January 2017	Travis Ganong	Kjetil Jansrud	Peter Fill
1661	DH		28 January 2017	Hannes Reichelt	Peter Fill	Beat Feuz
1662	GS		29 January 2017	Marcel Hirscher	Matts Olsson	Stefan Luitz
1699	DH	2017/18	27 January 2018	Beat Feuz	Vincent Kriechmayr Dominik Paris
1700	GS		28 January 2018	Marcel Hirscher	Manuel Feller	Ted Ligety
	DH	2018/19	2 February 2019	cancelled; fog, rain, heavy snowfall, replaced in Kvitfjell on 1 March 2019
	GS		3 February 2019	cancelled; fog, rain, heavy snowfall
1772	DH	2019/20	1 February 2020	Thomas Dreßen	Aleksander Aamodt Kilde	Johan Clarey
1773	GS		2 February 2020	Alexis Pinturault	Loïc Meillard	Leif Kristian Nestvold-Haugen
	SG	2020/21	5 February 2021	originally scheduled SG was moved to 6 February due to weather
1808	DH		5 February 2021	Dominik Paris	Beat Feuz	Matthias Mayer
	DH		6 February 2021	originally scheduled DH was moved to 5 February due to weather
1809	SG		6 February 2021	Vincent Kriechmayr	Matthias Mayer	Marco Odermatt
	DH	2022/23	28 January 2023	lack of snow; no replacement
	GS		29 January 2023	lack of snow; moved to Schladming on 25 January 2023
1914	SG	2023/24	27 January 2024	Nils Allègre	Guglielmo Bosca	Loïc Meillard
1915	SG		28 January 2024	Marco Odermatt	Raphael Haaser	Franjo von Allmen
1953	DH	2024/25	2 February 2025	cancelled due to lack of training due to bad weather conditions

 Not in original calendar. It replaced Val d'Isere (1993), Sestriere (1996), Whistler Mountain (1997), Wengen (2004, 2017), Kitzbühel (2005, 2007). 
 Cancelled SL in St. Anton (1992) replaced in Ga-Pa and with scheduled DH there counted for classic combined. 
 In 1981, GS in Morzine (6 January) counted for combined with DH in Garmisch (10 January). 

No.	Type	Season	Date	Winner	Second	Third
FIS–A
—	DH	1954	—	Miri Buchner	N/A	N/A
	KB			Miri Buchner	N/A	N/A
	DH	1959		Erika Netzer	N/A	N/A
	KB			Anne Heggtveit	N/A	N/A
	GS	1964		Edith Zimmermann	N/A	N/A
	KB			Marielle Goitschel	N/A	N/A
World Cup
75	DH	1969/70	30 January 1970	Françoise Macchi	Wiltrud Drexel	Michèle Jacot
233	DH	1976/77	11 January 1977	Annemarie Moser-Pröll	Bernadette Zurbriggen	Marie-Theres Nadig
661	DH	1990/91	8 February 1991	Chantal Bournissen	Carole Merle	Veronika Wallinger
662	SG		9 February 1991	Carole Merle	Karin Dedler	Michaela Gerg
	DH	1993/94	28 January 1994	replacement for Leysin; due to strong wind rescheduled on 29 January
	DH		29 January 1994	original DH from Ga-Pa rescheduled on 30 January; due to replacement from Leysin
758	DH		29 January 1994	Isolde Kostner	Melanie Suchet	Michelle Ruthven
	SG		30 January 1994	original SG from Ga-Pa cancelled; due to rescheduled DH from 29 January
	DH		30 January 1994	rescheduled DH from 29 January cancelled due to fatal crash of Ulrike Maier
784	SG	1994/95	14 January 1995	Florence Masnada	Picabo Street	Shannon Nobis
819	SG	1995/96	13 January 1996	Katja Seizinger	Martina Ertl	Alexandra Meissnitzer
1003	SG	2000/01	16 February 2001	Carole Montillet	Renate Götschl	Brigitte Obermoser
	SG		17 February 2001	cancelled
	SG	2008/09	31 January 2009	fog in mid-course; replaced on next day 1 February 2009
1273	SG		1 February 2009	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson	Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
1314	DH	2009/10	10 March 2010	Maria Riesch	Lindsey Vonn	Anja Pärson
1315	GS		11 March 2010	Tina Maze	Kathrin Hölzl	Maria Riesch
1316	SG		12 March 2010	Lindsey Vonn	Elisabeth Görgl	Nadia Styger
1372	DH	2011/12	4 February 2012	Lindsey Vonn	Nadja Kamer	Tina Weirather
1373	SG		5 February 2012	Julia Mancuso	Anna Fenninger	Tina Weirather
1416	SG	2012/13	1 March 2013	Tina Weirather	Tina Maze Julia Mancuso
1417	DH		2 March 2013	Tina Maze	Laurenne Ross	Maria Höfl-Riesch
1418	SG		3 March 2013	Anna Fenninger	Maria Höfl-Riesch	Julia Mancuso
	DH	2013/14	1 February 2014	lack of snow; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 25 January 2014
	SG		2 February 2014	lack of snow; replaced in Cortina d'Ampezzo on 26 January 2014
1479	DH	2014/15	7 March 2015	Tina Weirather	Anna Fenninger	Tina Maze
1480	SG		8 March 2015	Lindsey Vonn	Tina Maze	Anna Fenninger
1510	DH	2015/16	6 February 2016	Lindsey Vonn	Fabienne Suter	Viktoria Rebensburg
1511	SG		7 February 2016	Lara Gut	Viktoria Rebensburg	Lindsey Vonn
1547	DH	2016/17	21 January 2017	Lindsey Vonn	Lara Gut	Viktoria Rebensburg
1548	SG		22 January 2017	Lara Gut	Stephanie Venier	Tina Weirather
1593	DH	2017/18	3 February 2018	Lindsey Vonn	Sofia Goggia	Cornelia Hütter
1594	DH		4 February 2018	Lindsey Vonn	Sofia Goggia	Tina Weirather
	DH	2018/19	26 January 2019	program switched due to bad weather forecast; DH moved from 26 to 27 January
1624	SG		26 January 2019	Nicole Schmidhofer	Sofia Goggia	Lara Gut-Behrami
	SG		27 January 2019	program switched due to bad weather forecast; SG moved from 27 to 26 January
1625	DH		27 January 2019	Stephanie Venier	Sofia Goggia	Kira Weidle
1659	DH	2019/20	8 February 2020	Viktoria Rebensburg	Federica Brignone	Ester Ledecká
1660	SG		9 February 2020	Corinne Suter	Nicole Schmidhofer	Wendy Holdener
	DH	2020/21	30 January 2021	DH was replaced with SG; as due to weather no dowhnill was possible
1687	SG		30 January 2021	Lara Gut-Behrami	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	Marie-Michèle Gagnon
	SG		31 January 2021	SG was cancelled due to heavy fog; replaced on the next day on 1 February
1688	SG		1 February 2021	Lara Gut-Behrami	Petra Vlhová	Tamara Tippler
1723	DH	2021/22	29 January 2022	Corinne Suter	Jasmine Flury	Cornelia Hütter
1724	SG		30 January 2022	Federica Brignone Cornelia Hütter		Tamara Tippler
	DH	2023/24	3 February 2024	cancelled due to the high temperatures and unfavorable snow conditions
	SG		4 January 2024
1830	DH	2024/25	25 January 2025	Federica Brignone	Sofia Goggia	Corinne Suter
1831	SG		26 January 2025	Lara Gut-Behrami	Kajsa Vickhoff Lie	Federica Brignone

 Not in original calendar. It replaced Leysin (1994) and Val d'Isere (2013). 

• Tröglhang, Schussanger, Himmelreich, Bödele, Eishang, Seilbahn Stadl, Waldeck, Ramwiesen, Höllentor, Hölle, FIS Schneise, Tauber-Schuss

• Tröglhang, Olimpiakurve, Panorama-Sprung, Stegerwald, Alte Quelle, Eishang, Kramarsprung, Padöls, Auf der Mauer, Frei Fall, Tauber-Schuss

On 29 January 1994, Austrian ski racer Ulrike Maier suffered fatal injuries at "FIS Schneise" section crashing into intermediate timing device at 105 km/h (65 mph) during the World Cup downhill event. A week before, she won a giant slalom in Maribor.^[6][7][8]

Thirty-five years earlier in 1959, Canadian John Semmelink crashed into a rock-filled gully and later succumbed to his injuries.^[9] Held on an icy course on 7 February in challenging conditions of fog and flat light, Semmerlink was the 44th racer on the course. At a lower section named Himmelreich (heaven) just 500 yards (460 m) from the finish, witnesses said one of his bindings opened and he crashed into a rock-filled gully.^[10] Semmerlink had a serious head injury and was taken by U.S. Army helicopter to a nearby U.S. military dispensary, but died of his injuries.^[10][11] Of the 89 starters, 39 did not finish the race.^[10][12]

In 1986, elite Club5 was originally founded by prestigious classic downhill organizers: Kitzbühel, Wengen, Garmisch, Val d’Isère and Val Gardena/Gröden, with goal to bring alpine ski sport on the highest levels possible.^[13]

Later over the years other classic longterm organizers joined the now named Club5+: Alta Badia, Cortina, Kranjska Gora, Maribor, Lake Louise, Schladming, Adelboden, Kvitfjell, St.Moritz and Åre.^[14]

• zugspitze.de course official site
• FIS Alpine Ski World Cup – Garmisch, Germany
• Ski-db.com - Garmisch men's races
• Ski-db.com - Garmisch women's races

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