Wide World Of Sport Interview:

www.carolinebuchanan.com/caroline-buchanan/media/wide_world_of_sports_3_june_2012.mp4

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SBS Cycling Central:

Time Trial World Champion Video Footage and Podium

Click Link: www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/video/2239690603/UCI-BMX-World-Championships-Women-s-Time-Trial

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BMX World Cup Holland: Currently Ranked #1 in the World and World Cup Rankings

#1st Place Time Trial #2nd Place Racing

 

BMX Worlds Contender Edit by Corrine Walder:

More BMX Racing Videos

The Today Show  TV segment - Congratulations on being the first Australian Female to Win a BMX World Cup

video.au.msn.com/watch/video/buchanan-wins-bmx-world-cup/xea6xiu

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SBS Cycling Central - Feature from Norway World Cup & Skype interview from California

 

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ABC News TV Interview....100 days to London
Link: www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-18/bmx-bandits-could-steal-gold-for-australia/3959014

 

#1st Place Norway UCI BMX Supercross World Cup

Read all my race report here: www.carolinebuchanan.com/caroline-buchanan/BMX.aspx

Chula Vista USA World Cup #1st Place Time Trial Qualification:

2012 BMX Australia TV Commercial

 

RACE REPORT USA WORLD CUP 2012

 

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Totally Wild TV Episode on Channel TEN:
4minutes20 into episode 52 (2/3)

Click HERE: ten.com.au/video-player.htm

 

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RACE REPORTS:

Check out my latest race report from BMX Australian National Championships...on my Race Reports Page www.carolinebuchanan.com/caroline-buchanan/BMX.aspx

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Follow me to LONDON 2012 Olympics...Click HERE www.sportstar.com/follow2london/follow-caroline-buchanan

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I support SPORT FOR WOMEN DAY 2011 :)

Register HERE!!!!  sportforwomenday.com.au/

sportforwomenday.com.au/elitesportswomen/caroline_buchanan/

 

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CARTOON IMAGE: Thanks Boul Plantet www.boulplanet.com/

 

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Photo of the day!! BIKE MAG.com
http://www.bikemag.com/photos/january-04-2011/

CHRISTMAS SALE!!!!

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RADIO Interview: 2010 Season Wrap up with...

Hamish Neal
'Sports Overnight' Host/Producer
Radio Sport 927
'Sports Overnight' is also broadcast on Sky Sports Radio (NSW), ACTTAB Radio (ACT) and Tote Sport Radio (Tas)
web:  www.sport927.com.

www.carolinebuchanan.com/caroline-buchanan/media/carolinebuchanannov10.mp3

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2010 FEMALE BMX RIDER OF THE YEAR and

2nd in the BMX Supercross World Cup Series

 

Mountain Biking Champ wants 10 years
Posted on 19 October 2010. Tags: bmx, caroline buchanan, mountain biking, women, work championships

After a decade of international competition, two MTB world cups, and numerous podium finishes in international BMX contests, World Champion Mountain Bike Rider, Caroline Buchanan reveals some of her 10 year plan to sportstar.com CEO Megan James.
“Anne Caroline Chausson won gold in Beijing for BMX when in her early 30′s, and she is an incredible athlete.” Buchanan says, admitting that she is hopeful of similar longevity.  “I think that it all depends on how well you look after your body, but I still want to be competing competitively on the international circuit at the age of 29, and that’s 10 years from now.”
She acknowledges that the journey will be challenging with the sports changing and many young guns rising to the top, but then admits to being attracted to overcoming challenges.
“It is always a great thing winning a race, but what is a great feeling is winning while overcoming odds and rising to the challenge and surprising myself with my abilities,” she says, her conviction evident as she talks of her more immediate plans.
“I was over the moon (with winning my second MTB World Cup). The feeling was just as great as winning the first one. I am definitely happy and proud of myself, but I am now focused on BMX and the 2012 London Olympics.”
“I have done one BMX World Cup, but was not content with my performance there. I always want to be better and I am looking to take my riding to the next level, whatever it takes, “she says.
“The Olympics are the ultimate goal for any athlete, being the pinnacle of sport. When BMX was announced as an Olympic Sport for Beijing 2008 I was ready and competitive enough to be part of the process but too young, as there was an age minimum of 19.
“I always love a challenge so competing at the highest international level in both BMX and Mountain Biking has been great for me to build my skills and knowledge. I enjoy both disciplines but have decided, after winning my 2nd MTB World title that I will focus my energy on BMX.
For Buchanan this means, and she knows it, being at the top of her game in 2011, at all of the BMX World Cup rounds.
“The Australian Team needs to qualify Australia as an eligible country and then, if ranked in the top 4 countries, 2 girls will be selected to go to London to represent Australia,” she says.
Pressing Buchanan on her preparations for the challenges ahead gets a refreshing perspective that is as straightforward as it is pragmatic. She provides a little retrospective that qualifies her enthusiasm for her sport and keenness to compete.
“I was a little tom boy when I was younger and followed in my older brother Sam’s footsteps. We both started racing in 1995 when I was 5 years old and I have never looked back. I was into everything and anything when it came to sport. I even got up to a half grade below black belt in Tae Kwon Do before I was 8,” she says. “But riding my bike was what I loved best.
“I work hard. I don’t know any different, and I have a great support network,” she says, modestly adding that rising to the elite level in some Australian sports, is not that difficult.
“There are simply not that many of us, Australians that is, competing. The test comes when we are competing against the rest of the world. It is actually a greater challenge to remain competitive with the rest of the world, with there being so little competition in Australia.
Buchanan says this challenge is compounded by being a woman in a non-mainstream sport, in which a lot of the sponsorships go to men.
“The most frustrating thing is not getting the recognition that elite athletes in other sports get, and not getting the recognition that men in BMX and mountain biking at the same level get. The mountain bike industry/market is European based and for BMX it is all about America so being Australian it is very hard to get the major $/product support,” she says. “I have the same travelling expenses and the same training expenses as the guys but the prize money is nowhere near the same and most sponsors want the guys.”
“My travel expenses alone are 5 times my income. Luckily I have very hard working and supportive parents. I have the best product sponsors and support in the world, but like most female athletes I need a $ sponsorship.”
“It would be impossible to work full time, train and be at the level I need to be at without competing overseas,” she says.
Buchanan raises revenue with coaching clinics and has done photo shoots for Cleo, Women’s Health and Alpha Sport Magazine. She says is keen to do sports modeling and is a strong advocate for healthy Aussie athletes promoting Australian products rather than overseas imports .

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We were lucky enough to catch up with Caroline Buchanan today on the Gold Coast. She is in town for a couple of weeks training hard with the

 Australian BMX team before heading to worlds in South Africa next week.  Only recently getting over surgery on her sinuses, and having her tonsils removed,

Caroline had an unfortunate spill at Luke Madill’s training track resulting in a broken finger and stitches. This hasn't slowed her down though, and Caroline is

confident leading the Australian team towards the 2012 Olympics.

We managed to get some filming done as well as an interview, so stay tuned for a video coming online soon. Caroline is a true inspiration to all young girls,

and with her strong enthusiasm and never give up attitude, she is sure to be on top of the BMX world within no time.

Good luck Caroline!

·         By Allan H (UNIT CLOTHING)

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POWERBAR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK :) www.powerbar.com

See more race reports/updates in my race reports section :)

 

Cleo Magazine June: 1 of 8 Influential Women helping Shape Australia

Denmark UCI Supercross World Cup: #6th place..See my race reports section for full story

UCI Perugia Italy May 2010,  #4th place...see my race reports section for full story and photos :)

 

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3rd place at the 1st round of the 2010 UCI BMX Supercross series in Madrid Spain. Check out my full report in my race report section

 

 

 

Happy New Year!!!!

Remember to check out my "Race Reports" section for regular updates :)

 

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A great opportunity: 3 day Coaching Super Clinic and Summer Series 2010

Five USA pro riders coming down under for the summer series

DANNY CALUAG (2007 ABA PRO MEN'S CHAMPION 20" & 24") and STEPHANIE BARRAGAN (2008 NBL ELITE WOMEN'S CHAMPION) DENZEL STEIN - Redline's YOUNG GUN, Clayborne's BARRY NOBLES and man on the gas at the moment CRUPI's TYLER BROWN + LUKE MADILL, ALEX CAMERON  and BRETT SCRUSE Not only are these riders FAST - but they are great coaches as well.  Don't miss out on your chance to see the best racing in Australia in 2010!

 

 

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http://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/?m=caroline-buchanan

 

 

All Systems Go for Champion BMXer

Written by Peter Ford and Chris Reynolds

Thursday, 19 November 2009

advertising@cyclesportnews.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Champion System Australia’s Operations Manager, Chris Reynolds,  has announced that  Caroline Buchanan – Current 4X World Champion, 11 x Australian BMX Champion, 6 x Australian MTB Champion, 3 x Australian MTB rider of the year and 2007 BMX Cyclist of the year – has signed to an exclusive race clothing deal. Reynolds said “Champion System Australia is proud to be associated with Caroline – she is an excellent ambassador for her sport and her achievements thus far are phenomenal. We look forward to helping her achieve her goals in 2010 and beyond” Caroline will be wearing Champion System’s Custom  BMX/Downhill Jerseys and custom BMX/Downhill Shorts and Pants during her hectic race schedule for 2010. Racing includes the UCI BMX rounds and UCI Supercross World Cup events all over the globe. Top photo: The future looks bright for Caroline and Champion System Australia Copyright Evan Jeffery http://evanjeffery.blogspot.com/

Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 November 2009 )

 

 

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ABC Radio Interview

 

 

Inside Sport Magazine - (August 2009) AUS/NZ - 23,873 circulation

 

 22 July 2009
for immediate release

 

 Copenhagen Denmark UCI Supercross:

 

 WWW.CAROLINEBUCHANAN.COM - reports in from UCI Copenhagen SX

 

 

Round one of the 2009 UCI Supercross series was held in Copenhagen Denmark.

 

This is my 1st international Supercross race and since my 1st Supercross race in Adelaide Australia may 2008.

 

Since that time, I have seen enormous improvements in my skills and my athletic ability.

 

Copenhagen is a beautiful European city, it is a lot colder here than I thought but it would definitely be one of my favorite countries that I have visited.

 

The Australian team was the only country that all of their riders qualified through the time trials into the men’s top 64 and women’s top 16.

 

Australian Results: 6th place - Lauren Reynolds

 

Semi Finals - Caroline Buchanan & Rachel Bracken

 

1/8ths - Josh Callan, Sam Willoughby, Luke Madill & Brian Kirkham

 

A majority of the team were racing with injuries and illness.

 

I got the flu in the week leading up to the event and it worsened on the days of racing making it very hard to compete at my full ability.

 

Myself and the team have gained so much experience from traveling over here.

 

Prince Fredric of Denmark came on Saturday to the watch the racing and hand out the winning trophies with heavy security.

We were lucky enough to be able to meet him up close and personal and get a team photo with him.

 

It has been great to be able to race against the highest level of competition in the world and see where we are at as a nation.

 

I’m really looking forward to meeting up with all the girls again in 2 months time at the World BMX Championships in Adelaide Australia.

 

My next stop is Andorra for a mountain bike 4x World Cup.

WWW.CAROLINEBUCHANAN.COM

 

 

Perth BMX National Championships:

Result: 2009 Elite Women National Champion

 

 

DOLLY Magazine

TO see full enlarged article go to the Media section (magazine/Articles)

 

 

Cairns Coaching Clinic, Dec 2008

Myself and Luke Madill were lucky enough to be able to coach a fantastic bunch of BMX riders. About 118 riders attended

and everyone had lots of fun and learnt lots. Thankyou very much the Ince family for haivng me stay at their house and to

the Cairns BMX club for flying me up, letting me coach and compete in their 30th Cairns BMX race.

 

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BMX NSW Titles, October 2008

This was my first BMX race back in 5 months since National Championships as I have been

focusing on my mountain biking. It was really good to be back on the BMX again and to be

able to compete against the Australian and New Zealand Olympians.

5^th = Caitlin Willmont, Aus

 

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Girls Coaching Clinic (Tuggeranong BMX track Kambah ACT)  25.5.08

Today myself and Claire Whiteman were coaches in a girls only coaching clinic. We had about 18 girls split between us.

It was a fantastic day with really good feedback, meaning there will be many more in the future now.
We had some goodie bags with stickers, gym passes, posters, magazines and dvd's etc and lots of prizes.
 
Some pictures from today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National BMX Championships, Adelaide 2008

BMX Supercoss Adelaide (Olympic qualifying round)
I raced in this event to gain experience in Supercross and with bigger start hills (8m tall) and bigger jumps (1st jump 11 m)
Result = 14th Elite women (only 4 juniors raced).
 
BMX Australian Championships Adelaide,
The competition was tough this year being the 1st year i have not won since 2000.
The girls raced well looking in good form for worlds
Results = #3 Australia Jnr elite women.
 
BMX Pro Bikx round number 8 Adelade,
The points were close between Lauren, Rachel and I. It all came down to this last round being a double points round.
If i had of won this race i would have ended up winning the overall.
Result = #3rd Jnr elite women
 
Putting me in #2nd overall for the Pro Bikx series (an australian selection criteria)

 

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UCI BMX round Penrith Sydney (2 rounds)

 

Being an Olympic Qualifying round all the big names were there. The New Zealand, Japanese and Chinese teams were all there racing.

This was really good to catch up with fellow FreeAgent Team mates from around the world.

Round one, Saturday started off quite slow with a muddy track but really sped up for the finals.

Round 2, Sunday ran quick and smoothly finishing all the racing within 3 hours.

 

Results:

Day one UCI round = Jnr Women #1^st place

Day two UCI round = Jnr Women #3^rd place.

 

2008 ACT BMX Championships,

This year the ACT’s were held at the Melba BMX track. With around 552 entries numbers were down on the last few

years because this year there wasn’t the inclusion of a UCI round many of the pro riders didn’t come. But the A and AA

classes still had lots of exciting competition with some big names like Billy Joliffe, Tom Hubert, Leigh Darrell and Adam Sanderson.

The weekend ran really smoothly, the music done by Chester Emery was great and the track was in really condition it was really

hard packed making it super fast. There had been a few little changes done to the track since the last ACT’s held at Melba two years ago.

The trophies for 1^st place in the age classes and the sprockets trophies I though were the best I had ever seen

they had a big helmet on the top of each one.

Overall the weekend was a great success and I managed to take the win in the AA women.

 

By Caroline Buchanan

www.carolinebuchanan.com

 

2008 UCI round Nerang Gold Coast,

2 BMX UCI rounds in Queensland were I placed 2nd on the 1st day and 1st on the 2nd day in Jnr elite.
there was also a National Under 19 Training Camp on the Gold coast with Wade Bootes.
(This group are the contenders for the 2012 Olympics BMX London)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

the camp went for 2 weeks and consisted of racing, plyo training, gym training, meetings.

 

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2007: summary

Australian Jnr womens BMX Cyclist of the year!!!

#1 National Champion Jnr elite women,

#1 National Champion Jnr elite Cruiser

#1 ProBikx Winner                                                                                                                                                                     

#5 BMX Worlds Canada jnr elite,

#6 BMX Worlds Canada Jnr elite Cruiser

#4 Las Vagas ABA race

 

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2007 Over seas Trip:

ABA BMX Race Las Vagas:
Temp = about 43 degress
Result = Knocked out in Semi Day 1.
4th place on the second Day in Pro Open Women.

DAY 2:
1st = Elise Post USA
2nd = USA girl
3rd = Tanya Bailey AUS
4th = Caroline Buchanan AUS
5th = Ziggy Callen
6th = Nicole Callisto
7th= USA girl
8th = USA girl 

UCI BMX World Championships Victoria Canada 2007,

The weather has been really nice and sunny, the crowds have been huge and a large Aussie contingent
supporting all the racers.

Some Australian Results:

Challenge Classes:
Melinda Mccloud = 1st
Lacy Oliver = 3rd
Graham Mudd = 4th
Adam Shields = 8th
Madison Denhilm = 6th
Airlie Gooden = Got to semi Final
Jackson Frew = crashed Semi
Karlton Woolsley = crashed Semi
Sam Willoughby: Crashed Semi

Jnr Elite and Elite AUS results:
Kalen Young #2 Elite men
Caroline Buchanan #5 junior Elite women

Harriet From Canberra 11yr girls crashed in practice and when she got up kurt one the Aus riders hit harriet at full speed
and knocked her to the ground resulting in a broken collar bone and not racing the weekend.
Also ziggy Callen Crashed in practice and went to hospital for a check and found lots of internal bleeding,
they did an operation to make sure the organs were not punctured and that it was just lots of
burst blood vessels :( a sad finish to the end of her trip.

The rest of the Aussie team did there best with some hard moto draws and some crashes.
All of them in the Jnr and Elite categories making it out of their motos and qualifing for eights, quarters or semis.

 

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2006 NSW Titles Terrigal,

The 2006 NSW State Titles was held at Terrigal. The BMX track was fast
there was some great atmosphere with many big name riders competing, creating some big competition.
A big thank you to the Terrigal club and all of the officials and helpers on the day.
The riding was close in the AA Women
with riders such as Rachel Sheridan and Olympic team members Melissa Mankowski and Nicole Callisto.
It all came down to a dread man final. I timed the gate well and lead from the start.

Result:
#1 Caroline Buchanan
#2 Melissa Mankowski
#3 Rachel Serridan
#4 Nicole Callisto
#5 Grace Ireland
#6 Caitlin Wilmont
#7 Shannon Jobson
#8 Laura Jones

 

 

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ACT Championships 2006 Melba,

The ACT Open Championships is by far one of the best events of the year held at the Melba BMX track in Canberra.
The event had over 630 riders and about a thousand spectators. Many big name riders including two time world champion kyle bennet,

The new Zealand team and the Japanese team. The UCI and Champbike events were held on the Saturday and the ACT titles on the Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Results:
RACHEL BRACKEN of TOWNSVILLE took out the A ladies,
ASHLEY McCUTCHEON of WARRNAMBOOL took out the A Men
CAROLINE BUCHANAN of TUGGERANONG took out the AA ladies
MICHAEL ROBINSON of NERANG took out the AA Men

 

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******* SEPTEMBER NEWS: *********
2006: Now part of the world Factory Free Agent team see link below:
http://www.freeagentbmx.com/factoryriders.htm

 

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National Talent ID Squad Training Camp QLD June 16th-18th,

The 2006 National Talent ID Squad training camp held at the Tallebudgera Active Recreation Centre was very enjoyable and we learnt so much from gym training

to nutrition, recovery, jumping and track position. The camp was run by Wade Bootes head coach and assisting him were 9 other coaches from around Australia.
At the camp there were twelve riders
5 girls:
Kirsten Dellar
Rachel Bracken
Cherie Simpson
Grace Ireland
Caroline Buchanan and

7 boys:
Brendan Abel
Sam Willoughby
Josh Callan
Michael Chasteauneuf
Dirk Winter
Steven Jannsen
Ashley Mccutcheon and
Ben Davis was unable to make it.
These thirteen riders chosen to be part of the National Talent ID Squad were the top qualifiers from the Champbikx series.

 

 

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Update:

After the World Cup and finishing school I decided to knuckle down and get organised for the 2009 season. I turned 18 and started my own company called CarolineBuchanan.com. I did this to help me with my future riding career. I have been extremely busy lately organising everything and treating my riding as a full time job. Tim Chadd has been very helpful in helping me start my own business, taking a managing role and being my mechanic and the World Cup and National Championships.  

 

I was selected to be part of the BMX Elite Development Squad where i have spent the last month and half training and preparing towards the selection races to qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the camp so far and I am seeing many improvements in every aspect. I am now preparing my plans for the World Cup season where I will be travelling to Denmark for the BMX UCI Supercross event with the BMX squad and from there going on to compete in the following 3 World Cup 4x races in Andorra, Scotland and Slovenia before travelling home to compete in the BMX and MTB World Championships. I have a very busy year ahead of my and am looking forward to it :)

 

 

 

WWW.CAROLINEBUCHANAN.COM reports in from UCI Copenhagen SX

 

 

Round one of the 2009 UCI Supercross series was held in Copenhagen Denmark.

 

This is my 1st international Supercross race and since my 1st Supercross race in Adelaide Australia may 2008.

 

Since that time, I have seen enormous improvements in my skills and my athletic ability.

 

Copenhagen is a beautiful European city, it is a lot colder here than I thought but it would definitely be one of my favorite countries that I have visited.

 

The Australian team was the only country that all of their riders qualified through the time trials into the men’s top 64 and women’s top 16.

 

Australian Results: 6th place - Lauren Reynolds

 

Semi Finals - Caroline Buchanan & Rachel Bracken

 

1/8ths - Josh Callan, Sam Willoughby, Luke Madill & Brian Kirkham

 

A majority of the team were racing with injuries and illness.

 

I got the flu in the week leading up to the event and it worsened on the days of racing making it very hard to compete at my full ability.

 

Myself and the team have gained so much experience from traveling over here.

 

Prince Fredric of Denmark came on Saturday to the watch the racing and hand out the winning trophies with heavy security.

We were lucky enough to be able to meet him up close and personal and get a team photo with him.

 

It has been great to be able to race against the highest level of competition in the world and see where we are at as a nation.

 

I’m really looking forward to meeting up with all the girls again in 2 months time at the World BMX Championships in Adelaide Australia.

 

My next stop is Andorra for a mountain bike 4x World Cup.

WWW.CAROLINEBUCHANAN.COM

 

 

ALPHA MAGAZINE Photo Shoot Preview:

http://player.video.news.com.au/theaustralian/?S6dGiNV0_HGWsZvvYu_oBn1RUXQBN8Nl 

 

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