1979–80 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup

The 14th World Cup season began in December 1979 in France and concluded in March 1980 in Austria.

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup 1979/80
Discipline Men Women
Overall Liechtenstein Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Downhill Switzerland Peter Müller Switzerland Marie-Theres Nadig
Giant slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Slalom Sweden Ingemar Stenmark France Perrine Pelen
Combined United States Phil Mahre Liechtenstein Hanni Wenzel
Nations Cup Austria Austria Austria Austria
Switzerland Switzerland
Nations Cup overall Austria Austria
Competition
Locations 15 14
Individual 27 28

Andreas Wenzel of Liechtenstein edged out Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden for the men's overall title. Wenzel's older sister, Hanni Wenzel, won the women's overall title for the second time, making them the first sibling combination to both win the overall World Cup title (as of 2017, joined only by Janica and Ivica Kostelić from Croatia) and the only one to win in the same year.

The World Cup race scoring system was revised again, the third different system used in less than a year. The new system was a "Top 15" points system (ranging from 25 points for first, 20 for second, 15 for third, 12 for fourth, and 1 point less for each subsequent position down to 1 point for 15th). This system remained in effect through 1991. The season championship for the "Combined" discipline also returned this year, for the first time since 1976.

A break in the schedule in February was for the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, U.S.A. This was the final time that the Winter Olympics also served as the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships; the World Championships would become a separate competition held in odd-numbered years beginning in 1985.

Calendar

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[1]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
318 1 7 December 1979     Val d'Isère DH 096    Peter Wirnsberger   Herbert Plank   Erik Håker
319 2 8 December 1979   GS 102    Ingemar Stenmark   Bojan Križaj   Hans Enn
320 3 8 December 1979   KB 014    Phil Mahre   Steve Mahre   Michel Vion
321 4 11 December 1979     Madonna di Campiglio SL 108    Ingemar Stenmark   Bojan Križaj   Paul Frommelt
322 5 12 December 1979   GS 103    Ingemar Stenmark   Jacques Lüthy   Bojan Križaj
323 6 16 December 1979     Val Gardena DH 097    Peter Müller   Erik Håker   Werner Grissmann
324 7 11 December 1979  
16 December 1979  
  Madonna di Campiglio (SL)
  Val Gardena (DH)
KB 015    Peter Lüscher   Andreas Wenzel   Anton Steiner
325 8 6 January 1980     Pra-Loup DH 098    Peter Müller   Herbert Plank   Erik Håker
326 9 8 January 1980     Lenggries SL 109    Petar Popangelov   Aleksandr Zhirov   Ingemar Stenmark
327 10 12 January 1980     Kitzbühel DH 099    Ken Read   Harti Weirather   Herbert Plank
328 11 8 January 1980  
12 January 1980  
  Lenggries (SL)
  Kitzbühel (DH)
KB 016    Andreas Wenzel   Anton Steiner   Phil Mahre
329 12 13 January 1980     Kitzbühel SL 110    Andreas Wenzel   Christian Neureuther   Jacques Lüthy
330 13 18 January 1980     Wengen DH 100    Ken Read   Josef Walcher   Peter Wirnsberger
331 14 19 January 1980   DH 101    Peter Müller   Ken Read   Steve Podborski
332 15 20 January 1980   SL 111    Bojan Križaj   Ingemar Stenmark   Paul Frommelt
333 16 21 January 1980     Adelboden GS 104    Ingemar Stenmark   Jacques Lüthy   Joël Gaspoz
334 17 27 January 1980     Chamonix SL 122    Ingemar Stenmark   Bojan Križaj   Christian Orlainsky
1980 Winter Olympics   (14–23 February)
335 18 26 February 1980     Waterville Valley GS 105    Hans Enn   Andreas Wenzel   Jarle Halsnes
336 19 27 February 1980   SL 113    Ingemar Stenmark   Christian Neureuther   Klaus Heidegger
337 20 1 March 1980     Mt. St. Anne GS 106    Ingemar Stenmark   Phil Mahre   Bohumir Zeman
338 21 4 March 1980     Lake Louise DH 102    Herbert Plank   Harti Weirather   Werner Grissmann
339 22 27 January 1980  
4 March 1980  
  Chamonix (SL)
  Lake Louise (DH)
KB 017    Anton Steiner   Andreas Wenzel   Phil Mahre
340 23 8 March 1980     Oberstaufen GS 107    Andreas Wenzel   Jacques Lüthy   Ingemar Stenmark
341 24 10 March 1980     Cortina d'Ampezzo SL 114    Ingemar Stenmark   Aleksandr Zhirov   Christian Orlainsky
342 25 11 March 1980   GS 108    Ingemar Stenmark   Hans Enn   Joël Gaspoz
343 26 13 March 1980     Saalbach GS 109    Ingemar Stenmark   Joël Gaspoz   Hans Enn
344 27 15 March 1980   SL 115    Ingemar Stenmark   Steve Mahre   Petar Popangelov
Nations Cup 16 March 1980     Saalbach PS ncr    Anton Steiner   Ingemar Stenmark   Jarle Halsnes

Ladies

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Event key: DH – Downhill, SL – Slalom, GS – Giant slalom, KB – Combined, PS – Parallel slalom (Nations Cup ranking only)[2]
Race Season Date Place Type Winner Second Third
299 1 5 December 1979     Val d'Isère DH 083    Marie-Theres Nadig   Cindy Nelson   Laurie Graham
300 2 6 December 1979   GS 097    Marie-Theres Nadig   Perrine Pelen   Erika Hess
301 3 6 December 1979   KB 014    Marie-Theres Nadig   Hanni Wenzel   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
302 4 8 December 1979     Limone Piemonte GS 098    Hanni Wenzel   Erika Hess   Fabienne Serrat
303 5 14 December 1979     Piancavallo DH 084    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Jana Šoltýsová
304 6 8 December 1979  
14 December 1979  
  Limone Piemonte (GS)
  Piancavallo (DH)
KB 015    Hanni Wenzel   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Fabienne Serrat
305 7 15 December 1979     Piancavallo SL 107    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Perrine Pelen   Claudia Giordani
306 8 19 December 1979     Zell am See DH 085    Marie-Theres Nadig   Jana Šoltýsová   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
307 9 6 January 1980     Pfronten DH 086    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Marie-Theres Nadig   Hanni Wenzel
308 10 7 January 1980   DH 087    Marie-Theres Nadig   Cornelia Pröll   Doris de Agostini
309 11 9 January 1980     Berchtesgaden SL 108    Perrine Pelen   Claudia Giordani   Daniela Zini
310 12 10 January 1980   GS 099    Hanni Wenzel   Perrine Pelen   Claudia Giordani
311 13 15 January 1980     Arosa DH 088    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel
312 14 9 January 1980  
15 January 1980  
  Berchtesgaden (SL)
  Arosa (DH)
KB 016    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel   Ingrid Eberle
313 15 16 January 1980     Arosa GS 100    Hanni Wenzel   Marie-Theres Nadig   Perrine Pelen
314 16 20 January 1980     Bad Gastein DH 089    Marie-Theres Nadig   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Hanni Wenzel
315 17 21 January 1980   SL 109    Hanni Wenzel   Perrine Pelen   Erika Hess
316 18 21 January 1980   KB 017    Hanni Wenzel   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Cindy Nelson
317 19 23 January 1980     Maribor SL 110    Hanni Wenzel   Perrine Pelen   Annemarie Moser-Pröll
318 20 25 January 1980     St. Gervais SL 111    Perrine Pelen   Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Daniela Zini
319 21 26 January 1980   GS 101    Hanni Wenzel   Perrine Pelen   Marie-Theres Nadig
1980 Winter Olympics (14–23 February)
320 22 28 February 1980     Waterville Valley GS 102    Hanni Wenzel   Maria Epple   Irene Epple
321 23 29 February 1980   SL 112    Perrine Pelen   Nadezhda Patrikeyeva   Hanni Wenzel
322 24 2 March 1980     Mt. St. Anne GS 103    Marie-Theres Nadig   Irene Epple   Hanni Wenzel
323 25 8 March 1980     Vysoké Tatry SL 113    Perrine Pelen   Fabienne Serrat   Tamara McKinney
324 26 9 March 1980   SL 114    Daniela Zini   Hanni Wenzel   Erika Hess
325 27 11 March 1980     Saalbach SL 115    Claudia Giordani   Christa Kinshofer   Hanni Wenzel
326 28 12 March 1980   GS 104    Irene Epple   Perrine Pelen   Fabienne Serrat
Nations Cup 16 March 1980     Saalbach PS ncp    Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Claudia Giordani   Maria Epple

Overall

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In men's overall World Cup 1979/80 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and best three combined count. 27 racers had a point deduction. Ingemar Stenmark had 128 points deduction and won 11 races. Andreas Wenzel was able to collect points in all disciplines by winning three events and had only 8 points deduction.

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 204 23 65 51 65
2 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 200 0 100 100 0
3 Phil Mahre   United States 132 0 41 36 55
4 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 131 0 54 77 0
5 Anton Steiner   Austria 130 14 15 41 60
6 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 116 0 71 45 0
7 Hans Enn   Austria 100 0 75 25 0
8 Herbert Plank   Italy 91 80 0 0 11
9 Peter Müller    Switzerland 87 87 0 0 0
Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 87 0 39 11 37
11 Ken Read   Canada 79 79 0 0 0
12 Steve Mahre   United States 72 0 8 44 20
13 Petar Popangelov   Bulgaria 70 0 6 64 0
14 Aleksandr Zhirov   Soviet Union 68 0 14 54 0
15 Harti Weirather   Austria 64 64 0 0 0

Downhill

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In men's downhill World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place Name Country Total 1  6  8  10  13  14  21 
1 Peter Müller    Switzerland 96 - 25 25 9 12 25 (2)
2 Ken Read   Canada 87 - 9 (2) 25 25 20 8
3 Herbert Plank   Italy 81 20 - 20 15 1 - 25
4 Harti Weirather   Austria 75 11 (1) 12 20 (9) 12 20
5 Erik Håker   Norway 64 15 20 15 7 7 (4) -
6 Peter Wirnsberger   Austria 63 25 - 5 (3) 15 9 9
7 Josef Walcher   Austria 60 10 10 9 - 20 11 (5)
Werner Grissmann   Austria 60 12 15 11 - (5) 7 15
9 Steve Podborski   Canada 35 - - - - 8 15 12
10 Michael Veith   West Germany 28 4 - 6 - 6 5 7

Giant slalom

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In men's giant slalom World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Eight racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with maximum points. He won his fifth Giant slalom World Cup (third in a row).

Place Name Country Total 2  5  16  18  20  23  25  26 
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 125 25 25 25 - 25 (15) 25 (25)
2 Hans Enn   Austria 87 15 12 - 25 - (9) 20 15
3 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 82 11 20 20 (8) 11 20 (9) (11)
4 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 71 8 - 6 20 - 25 12 (2)
5 Joël Gaspoz    Switzerland 68 (3) - 15 (2) 8 10 15 20
6 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 56 20 15 - - - 2 10 9
7 Jarle Halsnes   Norway 51 9 7 (1) 15 9 11 - -
8 Boris Strel   Yugoslavia 50 12 9 7 12 (5) - - 10
9 Phil Mahre   United States 43 2 - - 7 20 6 8 -
10 Bohumír Zeman   Czechoslovakia 42 - - 9 - 15 8 2 8

Slalom

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In men's slalom World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Ingemar Stenmark won the cup with maximum points. He won his sixth Slalom World Cup in a row!

Place Name Country Total 4  9  12  15  17  19  24  27 
1 Ingemar Stenmark   Sweden 125 25 (15) (3) (20) 25 25 25 25
2 Bojan Križaj   Yugoslavia 88 20 (8) 12 25 20 11 - (11)
3 Christian Neureuther   West Germany 69 (6) (1) 20 7 - 20 10 12
4 Petar Popangelov   Bulgaria 64 - 25 - - 12 12 - 15
5 Aleksandr Zhirov   Soviet Union 57 - 20 - 5 3 9 20 -
6 Christian Orlainsky   Austria 55 - 7 - 9 15 - 15 9
7 Jacques Lüthy    Switzerland 53 10 - 15 10 8 - (2) 10
8 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 51 11 9 25 - 6 - - -
9 Anton Steiner   Austria 49 8 (3) - 12 11 10 - 8
10 Paul Frommelt   Liechtenstein 45 15 4 - 15 - - 9 2

Combined

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After the season 1975/76 this was the second time, that a Combined World Cup was awarded. All four results count.

Place Name Country Total 3  7  11   22  
1 Phil Mahre   United States 67 25 12 15 15
2 Andreas Wenzel   Liechtenstein 65 - 20 25 20
3 Anton Steiner   Austria 60 - 15 20 25
4 Peter Lüscher    Switzerland 37 - 25 12 -
5 Francisco Fernández Ochoa   Spain 27 9 10 8 -
6 Michel Vion   France 24 15 9 - -
7 Valeri Tsyganov   Soviet Union 22 11 11 - -
8 Steve Mahre   United States 20 20 - - -
9 Andy Mill   United States 19 6 6 7 -
10 Bill Taylor   United States 17 7 - - 10

Ladies

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Overall

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In women's overall World Cup 1979/80 the best four downhills, best four giant slaloms, best four slaloms and best three combined count. 23 racers had a point deduction. Hanni Wenzel had a total deduction of 158 points. She won nine competitions and was unable to score points only in one event! (The first slalom at Vysoké Tatry.)

Place Name Country Total DH GS SL KB
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 311 56 100 85 70
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 259 85 37 72 65
3 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 221 100 85 11 25
4 Perrine Pelen   France 192 0 80 100 12
5 Irene Epple   West Germany 141 43 72 5 21
6 Fabienne Serrat   France 122 0 49 48 25
7 Erika Hess    Switzerland 111 0 59 52 0
8 Claudia Giordani   Italy 107 0 39 68 0
9 Daniela Zini   Italy 99 0 32 67 0
10 Cindy Nelson   United States 94 53 3 1 37
11 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 79 0 42 37 0
12 Heidi Preuss   United States 78 42 3 4 29
13 Jana Šoltýsová   Czechoslovakia 72 51 0 0 21
14 Tamara McKinney   United States 65 0 24 41 0
15 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 60 0 22 38 0

Downhill

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In women's downhill World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. Seven racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Marie-Theres Nadig won 6 races out of 7 and won the World Cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 1  5  8  9  10  13  16 
1 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 125 25 25 25 (20) 25 25 (25)
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 100 (11) 20 15 25 (12) 20 20
3 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 66 10 11 (9) 15 (10) 15 15
4 Cindy Nelson   United States 59 20 (4) 12 10 - 6 11
5 Jana Šoltýsová   Czechoslovakia 58 9 15 20 (5) 7 (5) 7
6 Irene Epple   West Germany 51 (2) 10 11 12 8 (7) 10
7 Heidi Preuss   United States 48 12 - 8 - 6 10 12
8 Doris de Agostini    Switzerland 47 - - 5 7 15 12 8
9 Evi Mittermaier   West Germany 42 6 8 10 9 9 - -
10 Laurie Graham   Canada 38 15 9 6 - - 3 5

Giant slalom

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In women's giant slalom World Cup 1978/79 the best 5 results count. Six racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets. Hanni Wenzel won five races in a row. She won the World Cup with maximum points.

Place Name Country Total 2  4  12  14  21  22  24  28 
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 125 (11) 25 25 25 25 25 (15) (11)
2 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 95 25 - - 20 15 10 25 -
Perrine Pelen   France 95 20 (11) 20 15 20 (8) (11) 20
4 Irene Epple   West Germany 83 (2) - (9) 11 12 15 20 25
5 Erika Hess    Switzerland 71 15 20 12 12 (11) 12 (12) (2)
6 Fabienne Serrat   France 55 9 15 - 6 - (6) 10 15
7 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 44 10 8 - 9 7 - - 10
Claudia Giordani   Italy 44 5 10 15 - 6 - - 8
9 Christa Kinshofer   West Germany 42 12 - - 10 - - 8 12
10 Daniela Zini   Italy 37 8 5 - 7 8 - - 9

Slalom

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In women's slalom World Cup 1979/80 the best 5 results count. 8 racers had a point deduction, which are given in brackets.

Place Name Country Total 7  11  17  19  20  23  25  26  27 
1 Perrine Pelen   France 120 20 25 (20) (20) 25 25 25 (11) -
2 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 100 (12) (8) 25 25 (12) 15 - 20 15
3 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 83 25 11 12 15 20 - (7) - (4)
4 Daniela Zini   Italy 78 (5) 15 11 (8) 15 - (9) 25 12
5 Claudia Giordani   Italy 75 15 20 7 - 8 - - (7) 25
6 Erika Hess    Switzerland 62 - 12 15 10 - - - 15 10
7 Fabienne Serrat   France 56 (6) 10 - 9 9 8 20 - (6)
8 Regine Mösenlechner   West Germany 44 8 - 10 - 10 6 10 - -
9 Nadezhda Patrikeyeva   Soviet Union 43 - - - 11 - 20 - 12 -
10 Tamara McKinney   United States 41 - - 9 7 - - 15 10 -
Lea Sölkner   Austria 41 9 - 8 - 6 (1) 11 - 7

Combined

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After the season 1975/76 this was the second time, that a Combined World Cup was awarded. All four results count.

Place Name Country Total 3  6  15  18 
1 Hanni Wenzel   Liechtenstein 90 20 25 20 25
2 Annemarie Moser-Pröll   Austria 80 15 20 25 20
3 Cindy Nelson   United States 37 11 - 11 15
4 Heidi Preuss   United States 29 6 - 12 11
5 Torill Fjeldstad   Norway 26 7 12 - 7
6 Marie-Theres Nadig    Switzerland 25 25 - - -
Fabienne Serrat   France 25 10 15 - -
8 Heidi Wiesler   West Germany 22 4 8 - 10
9 Ingrid Eberle   Austria 21 - 6 15 -
Irene Epple   West Germany 21 9 - - 12
Jana Šoltýsová   Czechoslovakia 21 5 11 - 5

Nations Cup

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Overall

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Place Country Total Men Ladies
1   Austria 1417 820 597
2    Switzerland 1102 505 597
3   Liechtenstein 781 257 524
4   United States 715 304 411
5   Italy 671 268 403
6   West Germany 643 167 476
7   France 553 42 511
8   Sweden 398 383 15
9   Canada 274 194 80
10   Yugoslavia 257 252 5
11   Norway 209 173 36
12   Czechoslovakia 186 53 133
13   Soviet Union 173 130 43
14   Bulgaria 70 70 0
15   Spain 27 27 0
16   Japan 13 13 0
17   Belgium 10 6 4
18   Australia 8 8 0
19   Luxembourg 7 3 4
20   New Zealand 1 0 1
  Poland 1 0 1
Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 820 380 204 176 60 16 3
2    Switzerland 505 162 224 74 45 11 4
3   Sweden 383 6 184 185 8 5 11
4   United States 304 17 54 86 147 9 1
5   Italy 268 85 51 109 23 11 1
6   Liechtenstein 257 23 73 96 65 2 3
7   Yugoslavia 252 0 138 114 0 4 1
8   Canada 194 162 0 0 32 8 2
9   Norway 173 71 75 15 12 7 0
10   West Germany 167 42 23 92 10 7 0
11   Soviet Union 130 19 14 75 22 3 0
12   Bulgaria 70 0 6 64 0 1 1
13   Czechoslovakia 53 0 42 11 0 1 0
14   France 42 1 17 0 24 3 0
15   Spain 27 0 0 0 27 1 0
16   Japan 13 3 0 10 0 2 0
17   Australia 8 0 0 0 8 1 0
18   Belgium 6 0 0 0 6 2 0
19   Luxembourg 3 0 3 0 0 1 0

Ladies

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Place Country Total DH GS SL KB Racers Wins
1   Austria 597 172 97 200 128 16 3
   Switzerland 597 280 200 89 28 11 9
3   Liechtenstein 524 85 192 157 90 3 9
4   France 511 26 188 245 52 9 4
5   West Germany 476 130 190 105 51 10 1
6   United States 411 146 75 100 90 11 0
7   Italy 403 5 122 276 0 8 2
8   Czechoslovakia 133 68 10 21 34 4 0
9   Canada 80 45 11 0 24 3 0
10   Soviet Union 43 0 0 43 0 1 0
11   Norway 36 2 8 0 2 1 0
12   Sweden 15 0 13 2 0 1 0
13   Yugoslavia 5 0 0 5 0 1 0
14   Luxembourg 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
  Belgium 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
16   New Zealand 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
  Poland 1 0 0 1 0 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1980 men's schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FIS: Alpine World Cup 1980 ladies' schedule". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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