This
list of speed skating records is an overview of the current
speed skatingSpeed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
records in its various events ratified by
ISUThe International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...
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Men
| Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Place | Average Speed |
| 500 meters Progression The World record progression 500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:Note that the world record of 38.9 set by Hasse Börjes on 18 January 1970 had been manually timed and thus with a precision of only one tenth of a second...
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Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time....
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34.03 |
November 9, 2007 |
Salt Lake City |
52.89 km/h (32.9 mph) |
| 500 meters × 2 |
Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time....
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1:08.17 |
November 9–11, 2007 |
Salt Lake City |
52.81 km/h (32.8 mph) |
| 1,000 meters Progression The World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Shani DavisShani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...
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1:06.42 |
March 7, 2009 |
Salt Lake City |
54.2 km/h (33.7 mph) |
| 1,500 meters Progression The World record progression 1,500 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Shani DavisShani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...
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1:41.04 |
December 11, 2009 |
Salt Lake City |
53.44 km/h (33.2 mph) |
| 3,000 meters Progression The World record progression 3,000 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Eskil Ervik Eskil Ervik is a Norwegian speedskater. Ervik's best distance is traditionally the 5000-m, where he for several years was among the very best of the world, but his top priority for the most part of his career was to perform optimally in the allround championships...
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3:37.28* |
November 5, 2005 |
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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49.71 km/h (30.9 mph) |
| 5,000 meters Progression The World record progression 5,000 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Sven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
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6:03.32 |
November 17, 2007 |
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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49.54 km/h (30.8 mph) |
| 10,000 meters Progression The World record progression 10,000 m speed skating men as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Sven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
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12:41.69 |
March 10, 2007 |
Salt Lake City |
47.26 km/h (29.4 mph) |
Team pursuit
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Sven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
Carl VerheijenCarl Eduard Verheijen was a Dutch speedskater specializing in the longer distances 5,000-m and the 10,000-m. Verheijen is the son of skater Eddy Verheijen and has a relation with retired skater Andrea Nuyt in Leusden. They have a daughter...
Erben WennemarsEgbert Rolf Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.-Speed skating career:...
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3:37.80 |
March 11, 2007 |
Salt Lake City |
52.89 km/h (32.9 mph)
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| Sprint combination |
Jeremy Wotherspoon Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time....
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135.355 points |
November 9–11, 2007 |
Salt Lake City |
| Small combination |
Erben WennemarsEgbert Rolf Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.-Speed skating career:...
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146.365 points |
August 13, 2005 |
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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Shani DavisShani Davis is an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first Black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport at the Olympic Winter Games . He also won the silver in the 1,500 m...
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145.742 points |
March 18–19, 2006 |
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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- * In his Nov 17, 2007 world record 5,000 m race, Sven Kramer passed the 3,000 m mark at 3:37.15.
For comparison, the
fastest known 400 m lap was skated by
Jeremy WotherspoonJeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time....
on 10 November 2007 in Salt Lake City during a 1000 m race in 24.32 seconds with an average speed of 59.21 km/h (36.8 mph).
Women
| Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Place | Average Speed |
| 500 meters Progression The World record progression 500 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf is a German ice speed skater who is the current world record holder, at 37.00 seconds, for the women's 500 m and, 74.42 seconds for women's 500 m x 2 in long track speed skating...
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37.00 |
December 11, 2009 |
Salt Lake City |
48.65 km/h (30.2 mph) |
| 500 meters × 2 |
Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf is a German ice speed skater who is the current world record holder, at 37.00 seconds, for the women's 500 m and, 74.42 seconds for women's 500 m x 2 in long track speed skating...
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1:14.17 |
November 16–17, 2007 |
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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48.54 km/h (30.2 mph) |
| 1,000 meters Progression The World record progression 1,000 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Cindy KlassenCindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
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1:13.11 |
March 25, 2006 |
|CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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49.24 km/h (30.6 mph) |
| 1,500 meters Progression The World record progression 1,500 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Cindy KlassenCindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
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1:51.79 |
November 20, 2005 |
Salt Lake City |
48.3 km/h (30 mph) |
| 3,000 meters Progression The World record progression 3,000 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Cindy KlassenCindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
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3:53.34 |
March 18, 2006 |
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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46.28 km/h (28.8 mph) |
| 5,000 meters Progression The World record progression 5,000 m speed skating women as recognised by the International Skating Union:-See also:* List of speed skating records* World record progression 500 m speed skating men* World record progression 1,000 m speed skating men...
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Martina Sáblíková Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...
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6:42.66 |
February 18, 2011 |
Salt Lake City |
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Martina SáblíkováMartina Sáblíková is a Czech speedskater, specializing in long distance races. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple World champion. She is the elder sister of fellow speedskater Milan Sáblík.-Career:As a junior, Sáblíková already achieved some notable results during international...
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CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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Kristina GrovesKristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....
Christine NesbittChristine Nesbitt is a Canadian long track speed skater who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. Her personal best in the 1000m is the second fastest of all time, right after Cindy Klassen's world record. Nesbitt won the Gold Medal in the 1000 m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics...
Brittany SchusslerBrittany Schussler is a Canadian speed skater. Since 2002 she has been a member of the national High Performance Long Track Team....
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2:55.79 ||align="right"|December 6, 2009||
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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Beixing WangWang Beixing is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances . She is coached by Canadian former skater Kevin Crockett.Wang Beixing first competed in 2003...
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Cindy KlassenCindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
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155.576 points||align="right"|March 15–17, 2001||
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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Cindy KlassenCindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
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154.580 points||align="right"|March 18–19, 2006||
CalgaryCalgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
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For comparison, the
fastest known 400 m lap was skated by
Wang BeixingWang Beixing is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances . She is coached by Canadian former skater Kevin Crockett.Wang Beixing first competed in 2003...
on 12 December 2009 in Salt Lake City during a 500 m race in 26.70 seconds with an average speed of 53.93 km/h (33.5 mph).
- ** The average speed for the team pursuit races is somewhat lower than shown, as the team skates 8 or 6 inner lanes, whereas the 400 m length of a speed skating oval is based on skating one inner and one outer curve.
Men
| Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Venue | Avg. Speed |
| 500 meters |
Casey FitzRandolph Casey J. FitzRandolph is an American speedskater.In 1997, FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the World Single Distance Championships on the 500 m.His best year so far was 2002...
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34.42 |
February 11, 2002 |
|Salt Lake City |
52.37 km/h |
| 1,000 meters |
Gerard van Velde Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde is a retired Dutch speedskater, and was specialised in sprinting....
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1:07.18 |
February 16, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
53.59 km/h |
| 1,500 meters |
Derek Parra Derek Parra is a Mexican-American speed skater from San Bernardino, California, who graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1988. Parra won two medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, held in Salt Lake City, Utah....
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1:43.95 |
February 19, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
51.95 km/h |
| 5,000 meters |
Sven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
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6:14.60 |
February 13, 2010 |
VancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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48.05 km/h |
| 10,000 meters |
Lee Seung-Hoon Lee Seung-Hoon is a South Korean speed skater who won a silver medal in the 5000 meters and a gold medal in the 10000 metres at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian man to ever achieve these feats...
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12:58.55 |
February 23, 2010 |
VancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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46.23 km/h |
Team pursuit
(8 laps) |
Jan Blokhuijsen Jan Blokhuijsen is Dutch long track speed skater who skates for the commercial VPZ speedskating team.In 2007, he got his VWO degree at school...
Sven KramerSven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010, and four-time European and World Allround Champion. He is also three-time world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the team pursuit...
Mark TuitertMark Tuitert ; born April 4, 1980 in Holten, Overijssel) is a Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500m sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-Personal life:Tuitert married fellow Dutch speed skater Helen van Goozen in 2009...
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3:39.95 |
February 27, 2010 |
VancouverVancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
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52.38 km/h |
Women
| Event | Name | Country | Result | Date | Venue | Avg. Speed |
| 500 meters |
Catriona LeMay Doan Catriona Ann Le May Doan, OC is a Canadian speed skater and a double Olympic champion in the 500 m. The proper pronunciation of her first name is "Kah-TREE-O-nah".-Speed skating:...
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37.30 |
February 13, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
48.26 km/h |
| 1,000 meters |
Christine Witty |
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1:13.83 |
February 17, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
48.76 km/h |
| 1,500 meters |
Anni Friesinger Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...
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1:54.02 |
February 20, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
47.36 km/h |
| 3,000 meters |
Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...
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3:57.70 |
February 10, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
45.44 km/h |
| 5,000 meters |
Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...
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6:46.91 |
February 23, 2002 |
Salt Lake City |
44.24 km/h |
Team pursuit
(6 laps) |
Kristina Groves Kristina Groves is a Canadian speedskater. She is Canada’s most decorated skater in the World Single Distances Championships with 13 career medals in this event. She won four Olympic medals: She won two silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, in the 1,500 meters and team pursuit....
Cindy KlassenCindy Klassen, OM is a Canadian long track speed skater. Klassen is a six-time medalist at the Winter Olympics. She is tied with Clara Hughes for Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian with 6 medals each...
Christine NesbittChristine Nesbitt is a Canadian long track speed skater who currently resides in Calgary, Alberta. Her personal best in the 1000m is the second fastest of all time, right after Cindy Klassen's world record. Nesbitt won the Gold Medal in the 1000 m event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics...
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3:01.24 |
February 15, 2006 |
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47.67 km/h |
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