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SHAUN WHITE HEADLINES U.S. GRAND PRIX SNOWBOARDING AND SKIING COVERAGE FROM COPPER MOUNTAIN THIS WEEKEND ACROSS NBC SPORTS AND PEACOCK

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Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White & U.S. Men’s Snowboarding Team Compete at Copper Mountain in Colorado Saturday

U.S. Grand Prix Freeski Team Features Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise at Copper Friday and Saturday Across NBC Sports and Peacock

Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and Six-Time World Champion Mikaela Shiffrin Headlines U.S. Women’s Ski Team in Super-G This Weekend in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and NBCSN; Men to Compete in Slalom and Giant Slalom Events in Val d’Isere on Peacock

Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Kaillie Humphries Headlines Bobsled & Skeleton World Cup Field in Winterberg, Germany; Live Coverage Begins Friday on Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – Dec. 9, 2021 – The U.S. Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing teams take center stage at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix this weekend at Copper Mountain in Colorado across NBC Sports and Peacock. The Grand Prix serves as one of four U.S. Olympic halfpipe snowboard qualifying events and one of six U.S. Olympic freeski qualifying events ahead of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White headlines U.S. Snowboard Team contenders and 2022 Winter Olympic hopefuls alongside 2014 Olympian Taylor Gold and Toby Miller. Halfpipe competition will be presented Saturday live at 2 p.m. ET on NBCSN, with an encore airing Sunday at 1 p.m. ET on NBC.

The U.S. Freeski Team features two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise, 2018 bronze medalist Brita Sigourney, and Aaron Blunck all aiming to qualify for their third Olympic Games. Coverage from Copper gets underway with the freeski halfpipe Friday live at 2:30 p.m. ET on Peacock and an encore presentation at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN. NBC will also air an encore Saturday at 5 p.m. ET.

NBC Sports’ Todd Harris (play-by-play), former U.S. Olympian snowboarder Todd Richards (analyst), World Cup freestyle gold medalist Tom Wallisch, and former professional snowboarder Tina Dixon (reporter) will call the U.S. Grand Prix coverage.

The 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season continues with women’s Super-G events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and men’s slalom and giant slalom events in Val d’Isere, France. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to headline the U.S. Women’s Ski Team in St. Moritz alongside 2018 Olympian Breezy Johnson. Super-G coverage gets underway Saturday live at 4:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, with an encore slated for 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.

Coverage of the men’s technical races from Val d’Isere begins Saturday with the giant slalom live at 3:30 a.m. ET (Run 1) and 7 a.m. ET (Run 2) on Peacock. The U.S. Men’s Ski Team is expected to be led by two-time Olympian Tommy Ford and 2018 Olympian Ryan Cochran-Siegle.

NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) and former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino will call this weekend’s men’s and women’s alpine action.

NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S. Ski and Snowboard coverage this season, including this weekend’s snowboarding and freestyle skiing events from Copper. Additional season coverage will be highlighted by events in Mammoth, Calif., and Deer Valley, Utah, across alpine skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing competition. A complete schedule can be found here.

Peacock will provide extensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage, including all events held in Austria. To learn more about Peacock and how to sign up, visit peacocktv.com.

All coverage on NBC, NBCSN and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

Click here for programming details and a comprehensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage schedule across NBC Sports and Peacock through Dec. 31, 2021.

Below is NBC Sports’ 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Cup coverage schedule this weekend:

Date Event Network/Platform Time (ET)
Fri., Dec. 10 Freeski Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado Peacock 2:30 p.m.
  Freeski Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado* NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 9:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 11 Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 3:30 a.m.
  Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4:30 a.m.
  Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 7 a.m.
  Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland* NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 12:30 p.m.
  Snowboard Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 2 p.m.
  Freeski Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado* NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 5 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 12 Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 3:30 a.m.
  Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4:30 a.m.
  Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 7 a.m.
  Snowboard Halfpipe – Copper, Colorado* NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 1 p.m.
  Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland* NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4:30 p.m.

*Delayed coverage

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The IBSF Bobsled and Skeleton World Cup stops in Winterberg, Germany, this weekend where the U.S. women’s team is expected to be led by Kaillie Humphries, a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Canada who recently became a U.S. citizen and is aiming to qualify as a member of the U.S. team in the Olympic Winter Games. Last weekend, Humphries won the two-woman bobsled event with Kaysha Love as well as the women’s monobob race in Altenberg, Germany. Below is the full coverage schedule:

Date Event Network/Platform Time (ET)
Fri., Dec. 10 Women’s Skeleton (Run 1) Peacock 4 a.m.
  Women’s Skeleton (Run 2) Peacock 5:45 a.m.
  Men’s Skeleton (Run 1) Peacock 8:30 a.m.
  Men’s Skeleton (Run 2) Peacock 10 a.m.
  Women’s Skeleton* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 6 p.m.
  Men’s Skeleton* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 7 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 11 Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1) Peacock 4 a.m.
  Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2) Peacock 5:30 a.m.
  Women’s Monobob (Run 1) Peacock 8:30 a.m.
  Women’s Monobob (Run 2) Peacock 10 a.m.
  Four-Man Bobsled* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 6 p.m.
  Women’s Monobob* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 7 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 12 Two-Woman Bobsled (Run 1) Peacock 3 a.m.
  Two-Woman Bobsled (Run 2) Peacock 4:30 a.m.
  Four-Man Bobsled (Run 1) Peacock 7:30 a.m.
  Four-Man Bobsled (Run 2) Peacock 9 a.m.
  Two-Woman Bobsled* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 6 p.m.
  Four-Man Bobsled* Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 7 p.m.

*Delayed coverage

–NBC SPORTS–

50 Days Out from X Games Aspen 2022 | Full Competition Schedule Available Now at XGames.com

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X Games Aspen 2022 welcomes fans back to Buttermilk in Aspen, Colorado. This year, X Games Aspen will feature Ski and Snowboard competitions from Friday through Sunday. Each day will open with a marquee Slopestyle event and end with nightly SuperPipe competition under the lights.

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MIKAELA SHIFFRIN HEADLINES AMERICAN CONTENDERS COMPETING IN 2021-22 FIS SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING WORLD CUP SEASON ACROSS NBC SPORTS AND PEACOCK

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Nearly 70 Hours of U.S.-Based Events to be Presented Across NBC Sports and Peacock, Featuring Events from Killington, Beaver Creek, Steamboat, Copper, Mammoth and Deer Valley

Peacock to Stream Extensive FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup Coverage Live, Including All Austria Events

Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin to Headline U.S. Ski Team in Women’s Slalom This Weekend in Levi, Finland, on Peacock

STAMFORD, Conn. – Nov. 19, 2021 – Two-time Olympic gold medalist and the winningest slalom skier in World Cup history Mikaela Shiffrin headlines U.S. Ski Team contenders competing in the 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup season across NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, and Peacock. NBC Sports’ live coverage continues with the women’s slalom tomorrow and Sunday at 4:30 a.m. ET (Run 1) and 7:30 a.m. ET (Run 2) in Levi, Finland, on Peacock.

Six-time world champion Shiffrin is expected to compete in Levi after capturing her 70th career World Cup victory last month in the season opening giant slalom event in Soelden, Austria. She will be joined by U.S. Ski teammates Nina O’Brien and Paula Moltzan. On the men’s side, the U.S. Ski Team is highlighted by Olympians Steven Nyman, Travis Ganong, Tommy Ford and Ryan Cochran-Siegle.

NBC Sports’ Steve Schlanger (play-by-play) will call the women’s slalom Run 2 tomorrow and Sunday with former U.S. ski team racer Steve Porino (analyst).

NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S.-based events this season, getting underway next weekend with giant slalom and slalom events from Killington, Vt., on NBC, NBCSN and Peacock.

Peacock will provide extensive 2021-22 FIS Skiing and Snowboarding World Cup coverage, including all events held in Austria. To learn more about Peacock and how to sign up, visit peacocktv.com.

All coverage on NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will stream on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

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Below is NBC Sports’ telecast schedule for the 2021-22 FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup season through Dec. 31, 2021:

Date Coverage Network/Platform Time (ET)
Sat., Nov. 20 Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Levi, Finland Peacock 4:30 a.m.
  Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Levi, Finland Peacock 7:30 a.m.
Sun., Nov. 21 Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Levi, Finland Peacock 4:30 a.m.
  Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Levi, Finland Peacock 7:30 a.m.
Fri., Nov. 26 Men’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada Peacock 2 p.m.
Sat., Nov. 27 Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Killington, Vermont Peacock 10 a.m.
  Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont Peacock 1 p.m.
  Men’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada Peacock 2:15 p.m.
  Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont* NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 3 p.m.
Sun., Nov. 28 Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Killington, Vermont Peacock 9:45 a.m.
  Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont NBC, Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 12:30 p.m.
  Men’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Canada Peacock 2:15 p.m.
  Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Killington, Vermont* NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Dec. 3 Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 12:30 p.m.
  Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada Peacock 2:30 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 4 Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colorado NBCSN, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 1 p.m.
  Women’s Downhill – Lake Louise, Canada Peacock 2:30 p.m.
  Men’s Downhill – Beaver Creek, Colorado* NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 5 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 5 Women’s Super-G – Lake Louise, Canada Peacock 12:30 p.m.
  Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado Peacock 1 p.m.
  Men’s Super-G – Beaver Creek, Colorado* NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4 p.m.
Sat., Dec. 11 Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 3:30 a.m.
  Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4:30 a.m.
  Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 7 a.m.
Sun., Dec. 12 Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 3:30 a.m.
  Women’s Super-G – St. Moritz, Switzerland Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 4:30 a.m.
  Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 7 a.m.
Fri., Dec. 17 Men’s Super-G – Val Gardena, Italy Peacock 5:45 a.m.
Sat., Dec. 18 Women’s Downhill – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 4:30 a.m.
  Men’s Downhill – Val Gardena, Italy Peacock 5:45 a.m.
Sun., Dec. 19 Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Alta Badia, Italy Peacock 4 a.m.
  Women’s Super-G – Val d’Isere, France Peacock 5 a.m.
  Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Alta Badia, Italy Peacock 7:30 a.m.
Mon., Dec. 20 Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Alta Badia, Italy Peacock 4 a.m.
  Men’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Alta Badia, Italy Peacock 7:30 a.m.
Tues., Dec. 21 Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Courchevel, France Peacock 4 a.m.
  Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Courchevel, France Peacock 7 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 22 Men’s Slalom (Run 1) – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Peacock 11:45 a.m.
  Men’s Slalom (Run 2) – Madonna di Campiglio, Italy Peacock 2:45 p.m.
Sun., Dec. 26 Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Courchevel, France* NBC, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app 3 p.m.
Tues., Dec. 28 Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 1) – Lienz, Austria Peacock 4 a.m.
  Men’s Downhill – Bormio, Italy Peacock 5:30 a.m.
  Women’s Giant Slalom (Run 2) – Lienz, Austria Peacock 7 a.m.
Wed., Dec. 29 Women’s Slalom (Run 1) – Lienz, Austria Peacock 4 a.m.
  Men’s Super-G – Bormio, Italy Peacock 5:30 a.m.
  Women’s Slalom (Run 2) – Lienz, Austria Peacock 7 a.m.

*Delayed coverage

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NBC Sports will present nearly 70 hours of U.S. Ski and Snowboard coverage this season, getting underway next weekend with giant slalom and slalom events from Killington, Vt., on NBC, NBCSN and Peacock.

Season coverage will be highlighted by events in Beaver Creek, Colo., Steamboat, Colo., Copper, Colo., Mammoth, Calif., and Deer Valley, Utah, across alpine skiing, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing competition.

A complete schedule can be found here.

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Following are NBC Sports’ FIS World Cup November and December schedules for other disciplines:

For the ski jumping schedule, click here.

For the freestyle skiing schedule, click here.

For the cross-country skiing schedule, click here.

For the snowboarding schedule, click here.

For the Nordic combined schedule, click here.

–NBC SPORTS–

X Games Aspen 2022 Returns to Buttermilk Mountain Jan. 21-23

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ESPN X Games announced today that X Games Aspen 2022 will return to Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Snowmass with 100 of the world’s best action sports athletes competing in 14 disciplines from Jan. 21-23. For the 21st consecutive year, Buttermilk will host X Games Aspen for 13.5 hours of live coverage on ESPN and ABC and will be presented across the globe through international syndication partners. Fans can also follow @XGames across digital and social media platforms for behind-the-scenes, athlete-curated and complementary content that enhance the X Games Aspen telecasts.

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Real Series 2021 Continues Today with Six Real Snow Video Debuts

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In 2021, Real Snow returns to the Real Series lineup with six of snowboarding’s most popular riders, all six of which are Real Snow rookies. This year, the focus of the Real Snow video parts will shift from urban to all-terrain, with video parts that combine urban elements, backcountry and park riding. All six original video parts drop today on XGames.com. A full World of X Games episode will air Sunday, March 28 at 11:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 (with an encore on ABC on April 3 at. 3 p.m. ET), featuring all six video parts, behind-the-scenes footage and medal ceremonies.

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WORLD FREESTYLE SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM ASPEN SNOWMASS BEGIN TOMORROW ACROSS NBC SPORTS AND PEACOCK PREMIUM

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Olympic Gold Medalists Chloe Kim, Red Gerard, Jamie Anderson and David Wise Headline American Contingent

Peacock Premium is Streaming Home of Winter Olympic Sports

STAMFORD, Conn. – March 11, 2021 – The world freestyle skiing and snowboarding championships from Aspen Snowmass in Aspen, Colo., begin tomorrow across NBC Sports and Peacock Premium, with live coverage beginning with snowboard slopestyle at 11:30 a.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA and Peacock Premium.

A number of American contenders are competing in the snowboard events, including 2018 Olympic gold medalists Chloe Kim and Red Gerard, and two-time Olympic gold medalist Jamie Anderson. The freestyle skiing American contingent is headlined by two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise and 2018 Olympic bronze medalist Brita Sigourney.

World championship events in freestyle skiing were split between Idre Fjall, Sweden, Almaty, Kazakhstan, and Aspen, Colo. Aspen Snowmass will host big air, halfpipe and slopestyle events in both snowboarding and freeskiing.

All live events will stream on Peacock Premium, including exclusive live coverage of freeski slopestyle at 11:30 am ET on Saturday. All television coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.

COMMENTATORS

  • Play-by-play: Todd Harris / Bill Spaulding
  • Analyst: Todd Richards, U.S. Olympian and World Snowboarding Champion
  • Analyst: Tom Wallisch, World Cup freestyle gold medalist

HOW TO WATCH

  • TV – NBC, NBCSN, Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  • Streaming – com, NBC Sports app and Peacock Premium
Date Event Time (ET) Network/Streaming
Fri., March 12 Snowboard Slopestyle 11:30 a.m. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock Premium
  Freeski Halfpipe 3 p.m. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock Premium
Sat., March 13 Freeski Slopestyle 11:30 a.m. Peacock Premium
  Snowboard Slopestyle* Noon NBC
  Freeski Slopestyle* 1 p.m. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA
  Snowboard Halfpipe 3 p.m. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA, Peacock Premium
  Freeski Halfpipe* Midnight NBCSN
Sun., March 14 Snowboard Halfpipe* Noon NBC
Tues., March 16 Freeski Big Air Noon NBCSN, Peacock Premium
  Freeski Slopestyle* 1:30 p.m. NBCSN
  Snowboard Big Air 3:30 p.m. NBCSN, Peacock Premium

*delayed coverage
Note: schedule is subject to change

TOP AMERICAN COMPETITORS

  • Snowboarding:
    • Chloe Kim: 2018 Olympic gold medalist in halfpipe and is the defending women’s snowboard halfpipe world champion.
    • Red Gerard: 2018 Olympic gold medalist in slopestyle.
    • Jamie Anderson: Two-time Olympic gold medalist in slopestyle, tied for most decorated snowboarder all-time at the Olympics with three medals.
  • Freestyle Skiing:
    • David Wise: Two-time Olympic gold medalist, who became the first Olympic champion in men’s ski halfpipe when the sport debuted at the Olympics in 2014.
    • Brita Sigourney: 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in halfpipe.

–NBC SPORTS–

Driven by Young Talent, X Games Aspen 2021 TV Viewership, Social and Digital Content Experience Significant Growth

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In the first action sports event to take place in North America since the pandemic put large events on hold, X Games Aspen 2021 content across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC experienced double-digit viewership increases on television and triple-digit growth on @XGames social and digital media platforms. 

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X Games Aspen 2021 Day Three News and Results

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X Games Aspen 2021 wrapped up today, with a jam-packed Sunday filled with Jeep Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Jeep Men’s Ski Slopestyle, Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air, Monster Energy Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe, The Real Cost Men’s Snowboard Big Air and Wendy’s Ski Knuckle Huck.  The 20th annual event, live from Buttermilk Mountain, was the first-ever with no spectators in attendance.

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X Games Aspen 2021 Day Two News and Results

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Action continued on day two of X Games Aspen 2021, with fans able to catch Jeep Women’s Ski Slopestyle live on ABC, The Real Cost Men’s Ski Big Air on @XGames socials and Monster Energy Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe in primetime on ESPN. The 20th annual event, live from Buttermilk Mountain, is the first-ever with no spectators in attendance.

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