2008 World Men's Curling Championship

The 2008 World Men's Curling Championship was held from April 4–13, 2008 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, North Dakota in the USA. The 12-team tournament took place in the 11,643 seat hockey arena on the grounds of the University of North Dakota.

2008 World Men's Curling Championship
Host cityGrand Forks, North Dakota, USA
ArenaRalph Engelstad Arena
DatesApril 4–13, 2008
Attendance51,731
Winner Canada
Curling clubSaville SC, Edmonton, Alberta
SkipKevin Martin
ThirdJohn Morris
SecondMarc Kennedy
LeadBen Hebert
AlternateAdam Enright
CoachJules Owchar
Finalist Scotland (David Murdoch)
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Teams
 Australia  Canada  China
Sydney Harbour CC, Sydney

Skip: Hugh Millikin*
Fourth: Ian Palangio
Second: Sean Hall
Lead: Stephen Johns
Alternate: Stephen Hewitt
(*Throws third rocks)

 Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton

Skip: Kevin Martin
Third: John Morris
Second: Marc Kennedy
Lead: Ben Hebert
Alternate: Adam Enright

 Harbin CC, Harbin

Skip: Wang Fengchun
Third: Liu Rui
Second: Xu Xiaoming
Lead: Zang Jialang
Alternate: Li Dongyan

 Czech Republic  Denmark  France
CK Brno, Brno

Skip: Jiří Snítil
Third: Martin Snítil
Second: Jindřich Kitzberger
Lead: Marek Vydra
Alternate: Miloš Hoferka

 Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre

Skip: Johnny Frederiksen
Third: Lars Vilandt
Second: Bo Jensen
Lead: Ulrik Schmidt
Alternate: Mikkel Poulson

 Chamonix CC, Chamonix

Skip: Thomas Dufour
Third: Tony Angiboust
Second: Jan Ducroz
Lead: Richard Ducroz
Alternate: Raphael Mathieu

 Germany  Norway  Scotland
CC Füssen, Füssen

Skip: Andy Kapp
Third: Andreas Lang
Second: Holger Höhne
Lead: Andreas Kempf
Alternate: Felix Schulze

 Snarøen CK, Bærum

Skip: Thomas Ulsrud
Third: Torger Nergård
Second: Christoffer Svae
Lead: Havard Vad Petersson
Alternate: Thomas Due

 Lockerbie Ice Rink, Lockerbie

Skip: David Murdoch
Third: Graeme Connal
Second: Peter Smith
Lead: Euan Byers
Alternate: Peter Loudon

 Sweden   Switzerland  United States
Stocksunds CC, Stocksund

Skip: Anders Kraupp
Third: Peder Folke
Second: Björn Brandberg
Lead: Anton Sandström
Alternate: Mats Nyberg

CC St. Galler Bär, St. Gallen

Skip: Claudio Pescia
Third: Patrick Hürlimann
Second: Pascal Sieber
Lead: Marco Battilana
Alternate: Toni Müller

 St. Paul CC, St. Paul &
Madison CC, Madison

Skip: Craig Brown
Third: Rich Ruohonen
Second: John Dunlop
Lead: Pete Annis
Alternate: Kevin Kakela

Round-robin standings
Country Skip W L PF PA Ends
Won		 Ends
Lost		 Blank
Ends		 Stolen
Ends		 Shot
Pct.
 CanadaKevin Martin10187474937101487%
 ScotlandDavid Murdoch8374544638201085%
 ChinaWang Fengchun746665434318981%
 NorwayThomas Ulsrud7480725247101184%
 FranceThomas Dufour6563534235181178%
 AustraliaHugh Millikin566264424520878%
 United StatesCraig Brown566567404413681%
 GermanyAndy Kapp5673724743171480%
 DenmarkJohnny Frederiksen476480455061178%
 SwedenAnders Kraupp476177384917479%
  SwitzerlandClaudio Pescia386378424915778%
 Czech RepublicJiří Snítil296179434810775%

Round-robin results

Draw 1

April 5, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 6
 United States (Brown) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 X 7
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 9
  Switzerland (Pescia) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 7
 Scotland (Murdoch) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5

Draw 2

April 5, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Pescia) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
 France (Dufour) (has hammer) 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 X X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 6
 Australia (Millikin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 3
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 X 11
 China (Wang) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 3

April 6, 09:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 X 10
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 X 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7
 United States (Brown) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 6

Draw 4

April 6, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 X 10
 Denmark (Frederiksen) (has hammer) 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 7
  Switzerland (Pescia) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 5
 Germany (Kapp) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Canada (Martin) 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 8

Draw 5

April 6, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Brown) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 7
 Scotland (Murdoch) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 X 9
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 X X 9
 Australia (Millikin) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 3 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 X X 8
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 X X 4

Draw 6

April 7, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 7
 Germany (Kapp) 1 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5
 France (Dufour) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 9
  Switzerland (Pescia) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 United States (Brown) 0 1 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 9
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 8

Draw 7

April 7, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 2 3 0 2 1 0 X X X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3
 Australia (Millikin) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 3 X 8
 Denmark (Frederiksen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Pescia) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 5
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4

Draw 8

April 7, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7
 United States (Brown) 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 8
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
 Scotland (Murdoch) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5

Draw 9

April 8, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 6
 United States (Brown) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 9
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 X 7
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 8
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 7

Draw 10

April 8, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 x 8
 China (Wang) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 x 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Switzerland (Pescia) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Brown) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5
 France (Dufour) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Germany (Kapp) 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 6

Draw 11

April 8, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Pescia) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 4
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 9
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 X X X 8
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X 2
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 6
 Australia (Millikin) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4

Draw 12

April 9, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Germany (Kapp) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 X 7
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Pescia) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 6
 Australia (Millikin) 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 China (Wang) 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 6
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5

Draw 13

April 9, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 1 2 1 1 1 0 X X X X 6
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 1
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 3
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
 United States (Brown) (has hammer) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8

Draw 14

April 9, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 6
 France (Dufour) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Brown) (has hammer) 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 X 8
 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 3
 China (Wang) 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 6
  Switzerland (Pescia) (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 X 4

Draw 15

April 10, 09:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5
 Australia (Millikin) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Switzerland (Pescia) 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 6
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 France (Dufour) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 5
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Germany (Kapp) 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 10
 Denmark (Frederiksen) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 7

Draw 16

April 10, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Brown) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7
  Switzerland (Pescia) 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 7
 China (Wang) 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 5
 Germany (Kapp) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
 France (Dufour) 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 X 10

Draw 17

April 10, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Frederiksen) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Sweden (Kraupp) 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 8
 Czech Republic (J. Snítil) (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 X X 10
 United States (Brown) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Australia (Millikin) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 7
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 9

Playoffs
Page playoff systemSemifinalGold medal game
1 Canada62 Scotland3
2 Scotland71 Canada6
1 Canada5
4 Norway4
3 China5
4 Norway7
Bronze medal game
   
3  China 3
4  Norway 8

3 vs 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 X 7
Player percentages
 China  Norway
Zang Jialiang91%Havard Vad Petersson82%
Xu Xiaoming76%Christoffer Svae96%
Wang Fengchun80%Torger Nergård90%
Liu Rui78%Thomas Ulsrud96%
Total81%Total91%

1 vs 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Scotland (Murdoch) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 7
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Player percentages
 Scotland  Canada
Euan Byers96%Ben Hebert99%
Peter Smith78%Marc Kennedy88%
Graeme Connal86%John Morris91%
David Murdoch80%Kevin Martin74%
Total85%Total88%

Semifinal
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
Player percentages
 Norway  Canada
Havard Vad Petersson99%Ben Hebert92%
Christoffer Svae80%Marc Kennedy95%
Torger Nergård84%John Morris91%
Thomas Ulsrud88%Kevin Martin94%
Total88%Total93%

Bronze medal game
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3
 Norway (Ulsrud) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 X 8
Player percentages
 China  Norway
Zang Jialiang92%Havard Vad Petersson90%
Xu Xiaoming85%Christoffer Svae89%
Wang Fengchun85%Torger Nergård88%
Liu Rui68%Thomas Ulsrud89%
Total82%Total89%

Gold medal game
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 X 6
 Scotland (Murdoch) (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 3
Player percentages
 Canada  Scotland
Ben Hebert85%Euan Byers95%
Marc Kennedy95%Peter Smith78%
John Morris95%Graeme Connal85%
Kevin Martin89%David Murdoch78%
Total91%Total85%
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31st title

Player percentages

Top five percentages per position during the round robin.

Leads  % Seconds  % Thirds  % Skips  %
Norway Havard Vad Petersson88 Canada Marc Kennedy86 Canada John Morris90 Canada Kevin Martin87
Canada Ben Hebert87 Scotland Peter Smith84 Scotland Graeme Connal86 Scotland David Murdoch82
China Zang Jialiang86 Norway Christoffer Svae84 China Liu Rui83 Norway Thomas Ulsrud80
Scotland Euan Byers86 Australia Sean Hall82 Norway Torger Nergård83 Germany Andy Kapp80
United States Peter Annis86 Germany Holger Höhne81 United States Richard Ruohonen83 France Thomas Dufour78

See also

References
  • "World Men's Curling Championship 2008". World Curling Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
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