The 2011 FEI World Cup Finals in Leipzig, Germany were the Final of four World Cups in different Equestrian sports. They were held in the exhibition halls 1 and 3 at the new Leipzig Trade Fair from April 27 to May 1, 2011.
First time ever four horse sport World Cup Finals was held at the same place.
Horse sport in Leipzig edit
Since 1998 the new Leipzig Trade Fair is the location of “Partner Pferd“, a trade fair around the horse and a horse show with show jumping and dressage competitions.[1]
First time in 2008 Vaulting competitions are part of the “Partner Pferd“. From 2001 to 2007 also Reining horse show, called “ L.E. Grand Open”, are part of the “Partner Pferd“ Leipzig.[2]
Trade fair and horse show held usually each year in January. In 2011 these events were moved to the end of April.
Disciplines at the World Cup Finals edit
Competitions in four equestrian disciplines are part of the FEI World Cup Finals 2011. The finals of the following international series are part of this horse show:
- Dressage:
- Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage 2010/2011
- Show jumping:
- Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2010/2011
- European Youngster Cup, series for show jumpers up to the age of 25
- Four-in-hand driving:
- FEI World Cup Driving 2010/2011
- Vaulting:
- FEI World Cup Vaulting 2010/2011
At the same time held an international show jumping horse show (CSI 3*) and finals of national series at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011.[3]
Dressage edit
Qualified riders edit
| World Cup League | Number of competitors of this league eligible to start in this World Cup Final | Qualified riders |
|---|---|---|
| Central European League | 2 |  Katarzyna Milczarek Robert Acs
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| North American League | 2 |  Jan Ebeling Shawna Harding
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| Pacific League | 1 |  Chantal Wigan |
| Western European League | 9 |  Adelinde Cornelissen Ulla Salzgeber Isabell Werth Hans Peter Minderhoud Catherine Haddad ° Patrik Kittel Richard Davison Helen Langehanenberg Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Jeroen Devroe (move up in the World Cup Final)
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| Competitors from Asia or South America | 1 | not awarded, so one more wild card |
| Wild cards of the FEI | 2 |  Mikaela Lindh Nina Hoffmann Sergey Puzko
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| defending champion | 1 | Edward Gal
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° extra competitor (Extra competitors are riders, who live in a country, which is not part of the World Cup League of the country of this riders nationality. These riders are at first part of the World Cup League of the country in which they live. At the end of the season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final.)
Agenda and results edit
Grand Prix edit
At the evening of April 28, 2011 the Grand Prix de Dressage was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final.
Result:[4]
| Rider | Horse | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelinde Cornelissen |
Parzival | 80.957 % |
| 2 | Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
Digby | 76.884 % |
| 3 | Ulla Salzgeber |
Herzruf´s Erbe | 76.216 % |
| 4 | Isabell Werth |
Satchmo | 74.818 % |
| 5 | Helen Langehanenberg |
Damon Hill NRW | 73.480 % |
(Top 5 of 17 Competitors)
Grand Prix Freestyle (Final) edit
The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final is the Grand Prix Freestyle, held at the evening of Saturday, April 30. The winner of the Grand Prix Freestyle will be the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[5]
Result:[6]
| Rider | Horse | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelinde Cornelissen |
Parzival | 84,804 % |
| 2 | Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg |
Digby | 80,036 % |
| 3 | Ulla Salzgeber |
Herzruf´s Erbe | 78,821 % |
| 4 | Edward Gal |
Sisther de Jeu | 77,393 % |
| 5 | Isabell Werth |
Satchmo | 77,143 % |
| 6 | Patrik Kittel |
Scandic | 76,375 % |
| 7 | Helen Langehanenberg |
Damon Hill NRW | 74,946 % |
| 8 | Hans Peter Minderhoud |
Nadine | 74,321 % |
| 9 | Jeroen Devroe |
Apollo van het Vijverhof | 73,768 % |
| 10 | Davison |
Artemis | 73,143 % |
| 11 | Jan Ebeling |
Rafalca | 72,589 % |
| 12 | Catherine Haddad-Staller |
Winyamaro | 70,161 % |
| 13 | Katarzyna Milczarek |
Ekwador | 69,786 % |
| 14 | Shawna Harding |
Come on III | 67,625 % |
| 15 | Robert Acs |
Weinzauber | 65,429 % |
Show jumping edit
Qualified riders (World Cup Final) edit
° extra competitor (Extra competitors are riders, who live in a country, which is not part of the World Cup League of the country of this riders nationality. These riders are at first part of the World Cup League of the country in which they live. At the end of the season this riders deducted from the final score of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the last qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final.)
Agenda and results edit
World Cup edit
Last time in 2002 the Show jumping World Cup Final was held in Leipzig.[7]
Final I edit
The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Thursday afternoon (April 28, 2011). The result of this competition was converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.
Result:[8]
| Rider | Horse | Time | World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Kutscher |
Cash | 63.55 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.55 | 44 |
| 2 | Marcus Ehning |
Sabrina | 63.79 s + 0 Penalty s. = 63.79 | 42 |
| 3 | Christian Ahlmann |
Taloubet Z | 64.03 s + 0 Penalty s. = 64.03 | 41 |
| 4 | Gerco Schröder |
New Orleans | 65.12 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.12 | 40 |
| 5 | Margie Engle |
Indigo | 65.62 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.62 | 39 |
| 6 |  Katie McVean |
Delphi | 65.67 s + 0 Penalty s. = 65.67 | 38 |
| 7 | Jeroen Dubbeldam |
Simon | 66.34 s + 0 Penalty s. = 66.34 | 37 |
| 8 | Ashlee Bond |
Cadett | 66.44 s + 0 Penalty s. = 66.44 | 36 |
| 9 |  Kevin Staut |
Silvana | 67.01 s + 0 Penalty s. = 67.01 | 35 |
| 10 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson |
Tornesch | 67.53 s + 0 Penalty s. = 67.53 | 34 |
(Top Ten of 43 competitors)
Final II edit
At April 29 afternoon the second competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a show jumping competition with one jump-off, was held. After the second round, the World Cup Points were converted in Penalties for the Final III.
Result:[9]
| Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Jump-off | World Cup Points (only from the World Cup Final) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Time (s) |
Penalties | Time (s) | ||||
| 1 |  Eric Lamaze |
Hickstead | 0 | - | 0 | 40.68 | 44 |
| 2 | Christian Ahlmann |
Taloubet Z | 0 | - | 0 | 40.86 | 42 |
| 3 | Gerco Schröder |
New Orleans | 0 | - | 0 | 44.77 | 41 |
| 4 |  Sergio Alvarez Moya |
Action-Breaker | 0 | - | 0 | 48.79 | 40 |
| 5 | McLain Ward |
Antares F | 0 | - | 4 | 39.37 | 39 |
| 6 | Marco Kutscher |
Cash | 0 | - | 4 | 40.89 | 38 |
| 7 |  Pablo Barrios |
Quick Star | 0 | - | 8 | 42.02 | 37 |
| 8 | Katie McVean |
Delphi | 1 | 76.72 | - | - | 36 |
| 9 | Simon Delestre |
Couletto | 1 | 76.78 | - | - | 35 |
| 10 |  Pius Schwizer |
Carlina | 4 | 71.87 | - | - | 34 |
(Top Ten of 41 competitors)
Final III edit
The third competition of this final was held at May 1, 2011 afternoon. It was a competition over two different rounds, both not against the clock. Here only the 30 best placed riders have the chance to start in this competition.
Result:[10]
| Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Penalties | Penalties | |||
| 1 | Beezie Madden |
Coral Reef Via Volo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeroen Dubbeldam |
Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Margie Engle |
Indigo | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| McLain Ward |
Antares F | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Pius Schwizer |
Carlina | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kevin Staut |
Silvana | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Eric Lamaze |
Hickstead | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Christian Ahlmann |
Taloubet Z | 4 | 0 | 4 |
(Top 8 of 27 competitors)
Final standings edit
The competitor with the smallest number of faults in the World Cup Final standings will be the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[11]
| Rider | Horse/ Horses |
Final I | Final II | World Cup Points (only from Final I and Final II) TOTAL | World Cup Points, converted in Penalties | Final III | Penalties (Total) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup Points | World Cup Points | Penalties | Penalties | ||||||
| 1 | Christian Ahlmann |
Taloubet Z | 41 | 42 | 83 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Eric Lamaze |
Hickstead | 27 | 44 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | Jeroen Dubbeldam |
Simon | 37 | 24 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Marco Kutscher |
Cash | 44 | 38 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Beezie Madden |
Danny Boy and Coral Reef Via Volo |
26 | 32 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| 6 | Gerco Schröder |
New Orleans | 40 | 41 | 81 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| Katie McVean |
Delphi | 38 | 36 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Kevin Staut |
Silvana | 35 | 29 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |
| Pius Schwizer |
Ulysse and Carlina |
30 | 34 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |
| 10 | McLain Ward |
Rothchild and Antares F |
23 | 39 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Malin Baryard-Johnsson |
Tornesch | 34 | 33 | 67 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Margie Engle |
Indigo | 39 | 16 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 18 |
| 13 | Sergio Alvarez Moya |
Wisconsin and Action-Breaker |
21 | 40 | 61 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 19 |
| Richard Spooner |
Cristallo | 32 | 28 | 60 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| 15 | Philipp Weishaupt |
Souvenir and Catoki |
33 | 21 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 16 | Simon Delestre |
Napoli du Ry and Couletto |
24 | 35 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 26 |
| 17 | Pablo Barrios |
Quick Star | 18 | 37 | 55 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 34 |
| Lars Nieberg |
Lucie and Lord Luis |
14 | 27 | 41 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 34 | |
| 19 | Harrie Smolders |
Regina Z | 16 | 22 | 38 | 22 | 8 | 15 | 45 |
| 20 | Marcus Ehning |
Sabrina | 42 | 23 | 65 | 9 | 8 | DNS | |
| 21 | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson |
Quintero and Casall |
31 | 30 | 61 | 11 | 8 | DNS | |
| 22 |  Luciana Diniz |
Winningmood | 25 | 22 | 37 | 23 | 8 | DNS | |
| Ludger Beerbaum |
Coupe de Coeur and Gotha |
14 | 31 | 45 | 19 | 12 | DNS | ||
| 24 | Rich Fellers |
Flexible | 22 | 24 | 36 | 23 | 12 | DNS | |
| 25 |  Vladimir Beletsky |
Rocketman | 19 | 13 | 32 | 25 | 12 | DNS | |
| 26 | Michelle Spadone |
Uwwalon and Melisimo |
20 | 27 | 47 | 18 | 20 | DNS | |
| 27 | Ashlee Bond |
Cadett | 36 | 15 | 51 | 16 | RET | ||
| 28 | Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum |
Shutterfly and Checkmate |
29 | 25 | 54 | 14 | DNS | ||
| 29 |  Billy Twomey |
Tinka´s Serenade | 28 | 20 | 48 | 17 | DNS | ||
| 30 |  Yuri Mansur Guerios |
Chico Z and Vip van den Keersod |
11 | 18 | 29 | 27 | DNS | ||
| 31 | Eduardo Menezes |
Tomba | 17 | 10 | 27 | 28 | |||
 Ahamad Saber Hamcho |
Wonderboy III | 8 | 19 | 27 | 28 | ||||
| 33 | Kirsten Coe |
Tristan | 7 | 17 | 24 | 29 | |||
| 34 |  John Perez |
Utopia | 12 | 8 | 20 | 31 | |||
| 35 | Brianne Goutal |
Ballade van het Indihof | 10 | 9 | 19 | 32 | |||
| 36 | Charlie Jayne |
Athena | 6 | 11 | 17 | 33 | |||
| 37 |  Jose Alberto Martinez Vazquez |
Leonard | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36 | |||
 Gunnar Klettenberg |
Ulrike R | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | ||||
| 39 |  Daisuke Kawaguchi |
Snowyriver II | 3 | 5 | 8 | 37 | |||
| 40 | Tiit Kivisild |
Cinnamon | 9 | RET | |||||
| 41 |  Abdullah Al Sharbatly |
Seldana di Campalto | 13 | DNS | |||||
| 42 | Denis Lynch |
Abbervail van het Dingeshof | ELI | ||||||
| Edwina Alexander |
Socrates | ELI | |||||||
ELI = eliminated
DNS = did not start
RET = retired
A jump-off was not necessary.
Further competitions edit
European Youngster Cup-Super Final edit
At Friday morning (April 29, 2011) the “Super Final“ of the European Youngster Cup (EY-Cup) season 2010 was held. It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off for riders up to the age of 26.
The chance to start in this final had:
- the best riders of the regular Final of the European Youngster Cup 2010 at the CSI 4* Frankfurt[13]
- the four most successful riders of qualifying competitions in the United States[14]
- the Winner of the Grand Prix of the “Salut-Festival” Aachen (one of the most important show jumping event for young riders in Germany)[15]
result:[16]
| Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Jump-off | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Time (s) |
Penalties | Time (s) | |||
| 1 | Marie Lütgenau |
Strolchi | 0 | - | 0 | 39.30 |
| 2 | Tim Brüggemann |
Corio Star | 0 | - | 0 | 40.19 |
| 3 |  Charlotte Bettendorf |
Kiwi du Gibet | 0 | - | 0 | 41.47 |
| 4 | Hendrik Sosath |
Chalacorada | 0 | - | 4 | 39.09 |
| 5 | Reed Kessler |
Ligist | 0 | - | 4 | 39.34 |
(Top 5 of 29 Competitors)
Grand Prix (CSI 3*) edit
Also a CSI 3* are held at the “Partner Pferd“ 2011. The Grand Prix of this show jumping horse show was held at the afternoon of Saturday, April 30, 2011. It was a show jumping competition with one jump-off. The fences was up to 1.55 meters.
Result:[17]
| Rider | Horse | Round 1 | Jump-off | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Time (s) |
Penalties | Time (s) | |||
| 1 | Denis Lynch |
All Inclusive NRW | 0 | - | 0 | 38.10 |
| 2 | Billy Twomey |
Romanov | 0 | - | 0 | 38.24 |
| 3 | McLain Ward |
Rothchild | 0 | - | 0 | 38.37 |
| 4 | Kevin Staut |
Zeta | 0 | - | 0 | 38.57 |
| 5 | Philippe Rozier |
Randgraaf | 0 | - | 0 | 39.72 |
(Top 5 of 48 Competitors)
Four-in-hand driving edit
Qualified driver edit
After several World Cup competitions the following drivers have the chance to start in the World Cup Final:[18]
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Agenda and results edit
Last time in 2008 the Driving World Cup Final was held in Leipzig.[21]
First competition edit
At the eventing of April 29, 2011, the first competition of the Driving World Cup final was held. It was a time obstacle driving competition.
Result:[22]
| Driver | Time (s) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boyd Exell |
125.63 |
| 2 | Tomas Eriksson |
129.53 |
| 3 | Koos de Ronde |
140.08 |
| 4 | Werner Ulrich |
143.41 |
| 5 | Georg von Stein |
148.31 |
| 6 | IJsbrand Chardon |
155.51 |
| 7 | József Dobrovitz |
167.66 |
Second competition edit
The second competition of the Four-in-hand Driving World Cup final was held at May 1, 2011 noon. This competition was a time obstacle driving with two rounds. The winner of this second competition, Boyd Exell, is the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[23]
Result:[24]
| Driver | Time (s) round 1 |
Time (s) total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Exell |
- | 242.12 | |
| József Dobrovitz |
- | 247.52 | |
| IJsbrand Chardon |
- | 254.88 | |
| Tomas Eriksson |
133.10 | ||
| Werner Ulrich |
139.07 | ||
| Georg von Stein |
140.76 | ||
| Koos de Ronde |
151.32 |
Vaulting edit
Qualified Vaulters edit
After four World Cup competitions (Munich, Dresden, Salzburg, Paris) the following vaulters have the chance to start in the World Cup Final:[25]
Women:
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Men:
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Agenda and results edit
The 2010/2011 Vaulting World Cup season was a test season, the first World Cup season ever in Vaulting history.[26][27]
The World Cup Final consists of two freestyle competitions. Both competitions was held separated by gender. The first competition was held at Friday midday (April 29, 2011), the second competition at Saturday midday (April 30, 2011). The vaulter with the best average of both competition results is the World Cup Champion of the 2010/2011 season.[28]
Women: final result edit
| Vaulter Longeur |
Horse | Percentage round 1 |
Percentage round 2 |
Total percentage[29] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Wiegele Agnes Werhahn |
Arkansas | 8.320 | 8.613 | 8.467 |
| 2 | Antje Hill Agnes Werhahn |
Arkansas | 8.246 | 8.233 | 8.240 |
| 3 |  Anna CavallaroNelson Vidoni |
Harley | 7.533 | 7.623 | |
| 4 | Pia Engelberty Kai Vorberg |
Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle | 7.160 | 7.453 | |
| 5 | Simone Jaiser Margit Blieske |
Luk | 7.226 | 7.360 | |
| 6 |  Stefanie KowaldHannelore Leiser |
Alando | 7.200 | 7.337 | |
| 7 | Ines Jückstock Ruth Jückstock |
Lamenticus | 7.313 | 6.980 |
Men: final result edit
| Vaulter Longeur |
Horse | Percentage round 1 |
Percentage round 2 |
Total percentage[29] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patric Looser Alexandra Knauf |
Record RS von der Wintermühle | 8.626 | 8.793 | 8.710 |
| 2 | Nicolas Andréani Maina Jooten Dupont |
Idefix de Braize | 8.780 | 8.246 | 8.513 |
| 3 | Viktor Brüsewitz Irina Lenkert |
Airbus | 8,080 | 8.017 | |
| 4 |  Lukas KloudaKai Vorberg |
Sir Bernhard RS von der Wintermühle | 6,673 | 7.527 | |
| 5 | Yvan Nousse Elke Schelp-Lensing |
Carlos | 7.046 | 7.510 | |
| 6 | Daniel Kaiser Katja Rutzke |
Down Under | 5.720 | 6.817 |
External links edit
- Website of the FEI World Cup Finals (EN Garde Marketing) (German / English)
- Website of the “Partner Pferd” (German)
References edit
- ^ Ergebnisse Reitturnier: PARTNER PFERD Leipzig vom Sonntag, 18. Januar 2009 (german)
- ^ Partner Pferd in Leipzig lockt mit interessantem Westernreitsport (german)
- ^ Timetable of the FEI World Cup Finals / Partner Pferd 2011
- ^ Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix de Dressage
- ^ FEI Rules for the World Cup Dressage 2010-2011 Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dressage World Cup Final: Grand Prix Freestyle
- ^ Reiten: Weltcup-Finale in Leipzig, Sport1.de, April 2, 2009 (german)
- ^ Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final I
- ^ Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final II
- ^ Show jumping World Cup Final, result Final III
- ^ FEI World Cup Jumping rules, season 2010-2011
- ^ 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping Final: intermediate result after two of three competitions
- ^ EY-Cup-Champion 2010: Julius Losch Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine (german)
- ^ "HITS Desert Circuit to host three qualifying events for European Youngster Cups new Super Final". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ^ Vorschau: Via Salut-Festival zum Weltcup nach Leipzig Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, Martina Brüske / springreiten-und-zucht.de, December 8, 2010 (german)
- ^ Show jumping: European Youngster Cup-Super Final
- ^ Show jumping: result Grand Prix of Leipzig
- ^ Standing of the FEI World Cup Driving 2010/2011 before the Final
- ^ Christian Plücker startet beim Weltcup-Finale Fahren: Vierspännerfahrer erkämpft sich Wildcard bei Sichtung in Warendorf[permanent dead link], Eva Willermann / German Equestrian Federation, February 21, 2011 (german)
- ^ News: Für Christian Plücker aus Waldeck... Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine (german)
- ^ Weltcupfinale Vierspänner Leipzig: Christoph Sandmann ist Weltcupchampion 2007/2008 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, Dennis Peiler / German Equestrian Federation, January 20, 2008 (german)
- ^ result World Cup Final Four-in-hand driving: first competition
- ^ FEI Rules for the World Cup Driving 2010/2011 season
- ^ result World Cup Final Four-in-hand driving: second competition
- ^ Zwei Wildcards für deutsche Voltigierer – World Cup-Premiere in Leipzig Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (german)
- ^ Ganz neu 2010: Der erste Weltcup im Voltigieren Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (german)
- ^ "2010-2011 FEI World Cup Vaulting". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
- ^ "Rules Season 2010-2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
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