The 2014 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven, two-day, short course meets in seven different cities between August and November 2014. Mastbank was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer.
The 2014 World Cup consists of the following seven meets: [1]
Meet | Dates | Location | Venue |
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1 | August 27–28 | ![]() | Hamad Aquatic Centre |
2 | August 31 – September 1 | ![]() | Dubai Sports Complex |
3 | September 29–30 | ![]() | Victoria Park Swimming Pool |
4 | October 4–5 | ![]() | Olimpiysky Sports Complex |
5 [2] | October 24–25 | ![]() | Ying Tung Natatorium |
6 | October 28–29 | ![]() | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center |
7 | November 1–2 | ![]() | OCBC Aquatic Centre |
Official Top-20 Overall Scoring: [3]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Points awarded (Bonus) | Total | ||||||
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QAT | UAE | HKG | RUS | CHN | JPN | SIN | ||||
1 | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 54 | 66 | 72 | 90 | 72 | 60 | 60 | 474 |
2 | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 48 | 68 | 27 | 57 | 48 | 45 | 51 | 344 |
3 | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 39 | 48 | 81 | 57 | - | - | - | 225 |
4 | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 48 | 45 | 48 | 45 | - | 21 | - | 207 |
5 | Marco Koch | ![]() | 36 | 33 | 51 | 42 | - | - | - | 162 |
6 | Christian Diener | ![]() | 30 | 33 | 24 | 36 | - | 12 | 15 | 150 |
7 | Steffen Deibler | ![]() | 6 | 15 | - | 33 | 36 | 21 | 33 | 144 |
8 | Daiya Seto | ![]() | - | - | - | - | 33 | 48 | 45 | 126 |
9 | Eugene Godsoe | ![]() | 21 | 21 | - | - | 12 | 21 | 30 | 105 |
9 | Roland Schoeman | ![]() | 18 | 21 | - | - | 18 | 21 | 27 | 105 |
11 | Gergely Gyurta | ![]() | - | - | 18 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 30 | 102 |
12 | Velimir Stjepanović | ![]() | 27 | 18 | 15 | 24 | - | - | 6 | 90 |
13 | George Bovell | ![]() | 21 | 21 | - | - | 18 | 9 | 18 | 87 |
14 | Devon Myles Brown | ![]() | - | - | - | - | 30 | 21 | 27 | 78 |
15 | Sergey Fesikov | ![]() | - | - | - | - | 21 | 18 | 33 | 72 |
16 | Dávid Verrasztó | ![]() | 9 | 18 | 18 | 15 | - | - | - | 60 |
17 | Robert Hurley | ![]() | 15 | 6 | - | 15 | - | - | 15 | 51 |
18 | Mitch Larkin | ![]() | - | - | - | - | 30 | 18 | - | 48 |
19 | Hiromasa Fujimori | ![]() | - | - | 24 | 6 | - | 15 | - | 45 |
20 | Ashley Delaney | ![]() | - | 6 | 33 | - | 39 |
Official Top-20 Overall Scoring: [4]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Points awarded (Bonus) | Total | ||||||
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QAT | UAE | HKG | RUS | CHN | JPN | SIN | ||||
1 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 189 | 166 | 162 | 126 | 114 | 132 | 105 | 994 |
2 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 60 | 66 | 60 | 66 | 45 | 33 | 42 | 372 |
3 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 42 | 45 | 72 | - | 48 | 48 | 66 | 321 |
3 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 45 | 39 | 45 | 51 | 33 | 42 | 66 | 321 |
5 | Daryna Zevina | ![]() | 30 | 27 | 27 | 39 | - | - | - | 123 |
6 | Marieke D'Cruz | ![]() | 33 | 36 | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | 93 |
7 | Evelyn Verrasztó | ![]() | 9 | 12 | 36 | 30 | - | - | - | 87 |
8 | Caitlin Leverenz | ![]() | 21 | 21 | - | - | 9 | 15 | 6 | 72 |
8 | Rie Kaneto | ![]() | - | - | 30 | 30 | - | 12 | - | 72 |
10 | Francesca Halsall | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | 45 | 21 | 66 |
11 | Breeja Larson | ![]() | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 60 |
12 | Emma McKeon | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 18 | 48 |
13 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | 24 | 45 |
13 | Veronika Popova | ![]() | - | - | 30 | 15 | - | - | - | 45 |
15 | Sally Hunter | ![]() | - | - | - | - | 30 | 9 | - | 39 |
15 | Felicia Lee | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 24 | 39 |
15 | Aleksandra Urbanczyk | ![]() | 27 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 39 |
15 | Madison Wilson | ![]() | - | - | - | - | 24 | 15 | - | 39 |
19 | Franziska Hentke | ![]() | 6 | 15 | - | - | - | 6 | 9 | 36 |
19 | Julia Hassler | ![]() | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
19 | Siobhan-Marie O'Connor | ![]() | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 24 | 36 |
19 | Lisa Zaiser | ![]() | 6 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Josh Schneider | ![]() | 21.07 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 24.04 |
Dubai | Josh Schneider | ![]() | 21.11 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 23.95 |
Hong Kong | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 21.17 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 24.02 |
Moscow | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 21.33 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 24.05 |
Beijing | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 21.28 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 23.97 |
Tokyo | Shinri Shioura | ![]() | 21.38 | Francesca Halsall | ![]() | 23.80 |
Singapore | George Bovell | ![]() | 21.37 | Francesca Halsall | ![]() | 23.80 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 46.29 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 52.61 |
Dubai | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 46.24 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 52.01 |
Hong Kong | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 46.35 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 52.83 |
Moscow | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 46.60 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 52.83 |
Beijing | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 46.81 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 52.72 |
Tokyo | Katsumi Nakamura | ![]() | 47.30 | Francesca Halsall | ![]() | 51.96 |
Singapore | Sergei Fesikov | ![]() | 47.02 | Emma McKeon | ![]() | 52.45 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 1:41.92 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:51.41 WC |
Dubai | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 1:42.54 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:52.25 |
Hong Kong | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 1:43.59 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:51.44 |
Moscow | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 1:42.98 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:53.18 |
Beijing | Devon Myles Brown | ![]() | 1:44.12 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:54.04 |
Tokyo | Kosuke Hagino | ![]() | 1:42.62 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:52.45 |
Singapore | Devon Myles Brown | ![]() | 1:43.39 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 1:53.63 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 3:39.30 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 4:00.91 |
Dubai | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 3:38.22 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 4:02.05 |
Hong Kong | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 3:41.01 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:01.02 |
Moscow | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 3:40.59 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 4:01.54 |
Beijing | Sun Yang | ![]() | 3:37.10 | Cao Yue | ![]() | 4:00.72 |
Tokyo | Devon Myles Brown | ![]() | 3:37.96 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 4:00.87 |
Singapore | David McKeon | ![]() | 3:38.54 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 3:59.88 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Gergő Kis | ![]() | 14:50.24 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 8:14.99 |
Dubai | Gergő Kis | ![]() | 14:53.06 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 8:04.88 |
Hong Kong | Gergely Gyurta | ![]() | 14:38.72 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 8:09.36 |
Moscow | Sergiy Frolov | ![]() | 14:38.21 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 8:12.12 |
Beijing | Gergely Gyurta | ![]() | 14:38.27 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 8:08.41 |
Tokyo | Gergely Gyurta | ![]() | 14:36.38 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 8:08.57 |
Singapore | Gergely Gyurta | ![]() | 14:28.35 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 8:10.61 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Eugene Godsoe | ![]() | 23.22 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 26.18 |
Dubai | Eugene Godsoe | ![]() | 23.00 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 26.10 |
Hong Kong | Ashley Delaney | ![]() | 23.73 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 26.24 |
Moscow | Christian Diener | ![]() | 23.44 | Daryna Zevina | ![]() | 26.33 |
Beijing | Xu Jiayu | ![]() | 23.29 | Fu Yuanhui | ![]() | 26.43 |
Tokyo | Miguel Ortiz-Cañavate | ![]() | 23.30 | Francesca Halsall | ![]() | 26.42 |
Singapore | Eugene Godsoe | ![]() | 23.21 | Felicia Lee | ![]() | 26.48 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Christian Diener | ![]() | 50.49 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 56.02 |
Dubai | Christian Diener | ![]() | 50.10 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 55.77 |
Hong Kong | Ashley Delaney | ![]() | 51.48 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 55.34 |
Moscow | Christian Diener | ![]() | 50.31 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 56.63 |
Beijing | Xu Jiayu | ![]() | 50.14 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 56.73 |
Tokyo | Eugene Godsoe | ![]() | 50.49 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 56.07 |
Singapore | Eugene Godsoe | ![]() | 50.59 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 56.94 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Christian Diener | ![]() | 1:50.20 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:01.60 |
Dubai | Christian Diener | ![]() | 1:49.14 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:01.17 |
Hong Kong | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 1:51.88 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:03.01 |
Moscow | Christian Diener | ![]() | 1:50.96 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:02.05 |
Beijing | Mitch Larkin | ![]() | 1:48.69 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:02.71 |
Tokyo | Yuki Shirai | ![]() | 1:49.95 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:01.97 |
Singapore | Masaki Kaneko | ![]() | 1:50.24 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:03.07 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Roland Schoeman | ![]() | 26.35 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 29.12 |
Dubai | Roland Schoeman | ![]() | 26.16 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 29.12 |
Hong Kong | Marco Koch | ![]() | 26.69 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 29.35 |
Moscow | Marco Koch | ![]() | 26.52 | Jenna Laukkanen | ![]() | 30.83 |
Beijing | Roland Schoeman | ![]() | 26.87 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 29.15 |
Tokyo | Roland Schoeman | ![]() | 26.02 | Rūta Meilutytė | ![]() | 29.36 |
Singapore | Roland Schoeman | ![]() | 25.86 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 29.00 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 57.04 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 1:03.79 |
Dubai | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 57.11 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 1:03.26 |
Hong Kong | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 57.35 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 1:03.23 |
Moscow | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 57.20 | Rie Kaneto | ![]() | 1:05.66 |
Beijing | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 57.25 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 1:04.11 |
Tokyo | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 57.23 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 1:02.86 |
Singapore | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 56.87 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 1:02.54 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 2:01.06 (WC) | Breeja Larson | ![]() | 2:20.71 |
Dubai | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 2:00.48 WR | Breeja Larson | ![]() | 2:20.02 |
Hong Kong | Marco Koch | ![]() | 2:02.50 | Rie Kaneto | ![]() | 2:19.55 |
Moscow | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 2:01.88 | Rie Kaneto | ![]() | 2:19.29 |
Beijing | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 2:03.40 | Sally Hunter | ![]() | 2:19.26 |
Tokyo | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 2:02.12 | Rie Kaneto | ![]() | 2:19.18 |
Singapore | Dániel Gyurta | ![]() | 2:02.30 | Alia Atkinson | ![]() | 2:17.84 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.17 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 25.27 |
Dubai | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.02 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 24.59 |
Hong Kong | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.35 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 25.24 |
Moscow | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.08 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 25.31 |
Beijing | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.03 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 24.97 |
Tokyo | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 22.20 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 25.18 |
Singapore | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 21.98 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 25.13 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 48.70 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 56.05 |
Dubai | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 48.59 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 56.03 |
Hong Kong | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 48.56 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 56.03 |
Moscow | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 48.99 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 56.08 |
Beijing | Steffen Deibler | ![]() | 49.96 | Lu Ying | ![]() | 55.95 |
Tokyo | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 48.95 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 56.11 |
Singapore | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 48.74 | Inge Dekker | ![]() | 56.08 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 1:50.08 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 2:03.39 |
Dubai | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 1:50.19 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:04.68 |
Hong Kong | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 1:50.56 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:05.12 |
Moscow | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 1:49.73 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:02.99 |
Beijing | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 1:49.73 | Li Shuang | ![]() | 2:04.34 |
Tokyo | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 1:49.20 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:03.14 |
Singapore | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 1:48.88 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 2:04.57 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | George Bovell | ![]() | 52.80 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 57.34* |
Dubai | George Bovell | ![]() | 51.79 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 57.75* |
Hong Kong | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 52.51 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 58.12 |
Moscow | Thomas Shields | ![]() | 53.53 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 58.93 |
Beijing | Sergei Fesikov | ![]() | 52.30 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 58.11 |
Tokyo | Kosuke Hagino | ![]() | 52.03 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 57.74 |
Singapore | Sergey Fesikov | ![]() | 52.09 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 58.40 |
* Katinka Hosszú set a new world record of 57.25 seconds in the heats of this event in Doha, and another world record of 56.86 s in the heats in Dubai.
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 1:53.92 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:02.61 (WR) |
Dubai | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 1:51.56 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:02.13 WR |
Hong Kong | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 1:53.58 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:03.60 |
Moscow | Chad le Clos | ![]() | 1:52.72 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:05.81 |
Beijing | Daiya Seto | ![]() | 1:54.21 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:06.22 |
Tokyo | Kosuke Hagino | ![]() | 1:51.27 WC | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:05.18 |
Singapore | Daiya Seto | ![]() | 1:54.14 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 2:06.01 |
Meet | Men | Women | ||||
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Winner | Nationality | Time | Winner | Nationality | Time | |
Doha | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 4:00.39 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:20.83 WR |
Dubai | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 3:58.69 WC | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:22.06 |
Hong Kong | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 4:03.02 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:26.42 |
Moscow | Thomas Fraser-Holmes | ![]() | 4:02.31 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:25.33 |
Beijing | Daiya Seto | ![]() | 4:04.84 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:25.66 |
Tokyo | Daiya Seto | ![]() | 3:59.91 | Katinka Hosszú | ![]() | 4:23.67 |
Singapore | Daiya Seto | ![]() | 4:04.07 | Mireia Belmonte | ![]() | 4:22.68 |
Legend: WR – World record;(WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points);WC – World Cup record;(WC) – World Cup record when swum
Meet | Winner | |||||
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Team | Time | |||||
Doha | ![]() | 1:34.47 | ||||
Dubai | ![]() | 1:34.22 | ||||
Hong Kong | ![]() | 1:33.65 | ||||
Moscow | ![]() | 1:32.75 | ||||
Beijing | ![]() | 1:31.69 | ||||
Tokyo | ![]() | 1:33.28 | ||||
Singapore | ![]() | 1:33.88 |
Meet | Winner | |||||
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Team | Time | |||||
Doha | ![]() | 1:42.26 | ||||
Dubai | ![]() | 1:46.03 | ||||
Hong Kong | ![]() | 1:43.28 | ||||
Moscow | ![]() | 1:41.26 | ||||
Beijing | ![]() | 1:40.10 | ||||
Tokyo | ![]() | 1:40.51 | ||||
Singapore | ![]() | 1:43.26 |
NOTE: The mixed relay is not included in the overall scoring of the World Cup.
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