Janelle McDonald
@Janel2001
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@uclagymnastics Head Coach! 💙💛 Go Bruins!
Marina del Rey, CA
Joined April 2009
So grateful for this opportunity!!! #GoBruins 💛💙.
Please welcome to Westwood, our new head coach Janelle McDonald (@Janel2001)! Janelle was a two-time Regional Assistant Coach of the Year at @CalWGym. ℹ:
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Love you Jo, proud of you always 💙💛.
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Shout out to @OfficialMissVal for being at our @uclagymnastics VIP Reception last week! 💙✨💛 It was wonderful to have you there! #gobruins
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🤞🏼🙏🏼 🩵.
USA Gymnastics has submitted additional evidence to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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So much growth this season! M I’m so proud of this team and I just love them so much! Special team! 💙💛 #gobruins.
"They’re having joy doing gymnastics again." . Year 1 under Janelle McDonald didn't end in a team natty, but @uclagymnastics was still celebrating.
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Thank you Cal for pushing me to be a better version of myself! I’m taking away memories that will last a lifetime! 💙💛.
Thank you @Janel2001 for all you've done for our program over the past four years and congrats on being named Head Coach at UCLA!
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So excited to get another year with Chloe’s leadership and beautiful gymnastics! 💙💛 Let’s goooo!.
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“ I just fully believe that they’re prepared, and I know that they’re just going to show up and enjoy their moment,” .“That’s really what this season is about, it’s having a team that loves the sport they’re doing, that shows up for each other and is in it together.” 💙💛.
An NCAA-best and career-high 39.900 in the all-around for Jordan Chiles – behind a perfect 10 and two 9.975s – led No. 5 @uclagymnastics to a season-high team score to close out the regular season Saturday.
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Let’s gooo!!! 🇵🇭🎉.
Emma Malabuyo will be heading to the 2024 Olympics! 🙌🙌🙌 . She will join Levi Jung-Ruivivar and Aleah Finnegan, who had previously qualified for the Philippines.
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Proud of and so inspired by the heart and passion of this team! Excited for Saturday! Let’s go Bru!!! 💙💛.
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Proud of this team! 💙💛 Go Bruins!.
Congratulations to the Wasatch Classic Session 1 Champions and to head coach @Janel2001 on her first career victory!. #GoBruins
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🥹💙💛 Love this team and I’m grateful everyday I’m with them!.
“If it wasn't for Janelle, we wouldn't be the Bruins we are today.". In her first year with @uclagymnastics, Janelle McDonald has led the Bruins to No. 4 in the country.
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So proud of you, Uli! Been a long road and a lot of patience, hard work, perseverance and most especially heart ❤️ Special moment!!!.
Shoutout to Sara Ulias for her 9.775 exhibition routine in her first meet in nearly two years! 🫶 @sara_uli8
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So proud of you Lena!!! Just the beginning! 💙💛.
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We are aware that our UCLA Gymnastics X account has been hacked and are working on getting things fixed! Thanks for the alerts, gym fam! 💙💛.
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#4sup 💙💛 Congratulations @ChilesJordan So happy for you! What a World Championships!!!🥹🎉🇺🇸.
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So incredibly proud! What a special weekend it has been! 🥹🎉.
What a weekend for @EmmaMalabuyo! . Emma becomes the first-ever Filipina woman to win gold at the Asian Championships, scoring 13.300 to capture the floor exercise title! . 🥇 Floor Exercise.🥉 All-Around .🇵🇭 Olympic berth secured
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So excited to take on this next chapter with these incredible people! It’s about to be funnnnn! #gobruins 🐻💙💛.
Our coaching staff is complete! 🙌. Joining head coach @Janel2001 in Westwood are assistant coaches BJ Das and Kyle Grable and volunteer assistant Autumn Grable!. ➡ . #GoBruins
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Anything for the proper celly after her last Pac 12 Champs routine…left me hanging tho 😂🤣💙💛@MargzettaF.
Ending her final @pac12 Championship with a flourish! @MargzettaF scores 9.875!. 📺: @Pac12Network.💻: .#GoBruins
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Proud! 💙💛 #gobruins.
That’s wrap! Here are the final rankings for the 2023 season! . 📸 Lloyd Smith for Inside Gymnastics (Oklahoma) & hweikelphotography on Instagram (Stanford)
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So grateful to be on this journey with these 3 amazing people! 💙💛 #gobruins.
Huge congratulations to our coaching staff for their well-deserved West Region honors! . @Janel2001 - Head Coach of the Year . @BeeJayDas, @CoachkyleUCLA and Autumn Grable - Assistant Coaches of the Year
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Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity! #GoBruins.
Thrilled to welcome @Janel2001 as our new head coach of @uclagymnastics !! Welcome to Westwood!! 💙🐻💛.
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I love this team 💙💛 So excited for what’s to come!.
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We love a held cast handstand! 😍.
4 releases and that HELD handstand. Wow @ChilesJordan! . 9.925 to match Selena Harris' score ahead of her. 📺: @Pac12Network.📲: #GoBruins
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Mood 😎.
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☺️👋 2 of my favorite people!.
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So proud of this team! 💙💛.
𝐏𝐚𝐜-𝟏𝟐 𝐂𝐨-𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!.The Bruins finish in a four-way tie for first in the @pac12 regular season standings to capture their first regular season crown!
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Absolutely crushed that! Way to go Boo! 🥳.
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Good Luck @ChilesJordan & all future Bruins 💙💛.
Good luck to @ChilesJordan and all competitors at Saturday’s #CoreClassic! . Session 1 takes place at 11am PT and can be streamed on the @usag YouTube. Session 2 is at 4pm PT and televised on CNBC and Peacock.
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Let’s go Buyo! You got this!!! 🇵🇭❤️🎉.
Best of luck to @EmmaMalabuyo at the Asian Championships, which begin May 24! Emma and Team Philippines compete in the first subdivision Friday morning in Uzbekistan. 🐻🇵🇭
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Proud of you @MargzettaF & so grateful to have your leadership and energy on this team 💙💛.
Behind Margzetta Frazier's final season with UCLA gymnastics - Los Angeles Times
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Going to be such a great event! NCAA regular season gymnastics on ABC! Amazing! 💙💛 Can’t wait to be a part of it in 2024!.
📢 @ESPNEvents is adding #NCAAGym to its portfolio. With the launch of an inaugural event in Jan. 2024 on @ABCNetwork ft. @OU_WGymnastics, @LSUgym, @UtahGymnastics & @uclagymnastics. 🤸 More from @AndrewBucholtz & @awfulannouncing:
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Beautiful job @EmmaMalabuyo 🎉🤩 Good luck in finals! You got this!.
2024 Baku World Cup - Emma Malabuyo PHI FX 13.000
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So happy for you Jo!!! Such a fun and amazing performance 💙💛.
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Proud of these Bruins! That was fun! 💙💛.
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Love this team! 💙💎💙 Onto the next! Let’s gooo!.
Went out and brought the fun, the joy, the passion and left it all on the floor at the #pac12gym Championships. 🎥: @sophia_lahmidi .#GoBruins
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It was a pretty great day! 💙💛.
I'm not sure I've seen a much happier group of people than Jordan Chiles, Selena Harris, Chae Campbell, and Janelle McDonald at the UCLA press conference. Jordan Chiles: "I'm on cloud 952.".
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Wow! So grateful to be here, let the Games begin!!! ❤️❤️❤️.
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🤩😂 I love this team and all the fun we have!.
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Yessss!!! Awesome job Boo! 🎉🎉🎉.
Emma Malabuyo absolutely giving it her all. She has given herself a good chance. Everything crossed for her. She should be so proud. @EmmaMalabuyo @uclagymnastics #inspired
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SO MUCH FUN having these Natty Champs in the gym today! 🤩 Can’t wait to see you all in Pauley on Sunday! 💙💛 #bruinfamily.
We had a blast learning the @uclagymnastics floor routines! Can’t wait to show off the #denography at the meet on Sunday! 💃
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It has been such a great day! ✨.
At practice this morning, the team received a magical surprise from head coach @janel2001! . #GoBruins
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So excited to have @JoshLim789 at Natty’s dancing away and cheering us on! #gobruins 💙💛.
Item revisited…see you at Nationals!! Thanks to @Janel2001 , who advocated for you! Let’s gooooo!!!! @uclagymnastics 💙🐻💛.
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Congratulations! 🎉.
The perfect ending to an unforgettable year! Thank you to our irreplaceable support system, we couldn’t have done it without you!. 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒!!!. #LionsOut
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Today was just an awesome day! 💙💛.
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Yesss! Go Emma! 💙💛🤩.
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What a moment! 🤩💙💛.
What an incredible debut by @EmmaAndres9, who scored 9.9 on her first competitive beam routine last weekend! 🙌. #GoBruins
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Let’s go Buyo!!! 🇵🇭🔥❤️🎉.
After @EmmaMalabuyo's career on the U.S. National Team, @uclagymnastics allowed her to rediscover herself as a college gymnast. Now her heritage has unlocked the door to another Olympic opportunity. 🇵🇭. #OlympiansMadeHere |
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Take that X hacker! We have a real promotion all of our own! See you in Pauley in January! 😉💙💛.
Hello Twitter family ! I have a special promotion for 1 fan who purchases new season tickets over the next 7 days. One lucky new season ticket member will receive an iPad. ➡️ #IYKYK 😉
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Living the dream! 😂Thanks @UCLASoftball for having me, that was a blast! 💙💛.
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So excited and grateful to have these 2 on board! Go Bruins!!! 💙🎉💛.
We are thrilled to welcome new assistant coaches Mark Freeman and Lacy Dagen to the #BruinFamily! 💙💛. ℹ️: #GoBruins
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Consistent, confident & beautiful gymnastics! So proud of the season we had 💙💛 Way to go Bru!.
Consistency like no other. The Bruins hit 98.81% of their routines in 2023, with 332 of 336 routines scoring 9.5 or higher. That is the highest hit rate in the nation over the last 15 years. (h/t @TalentStats)
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Today was special! So grateful for you @OfficialMissVal ✨ The energy, support and message you shared with our team today inspired us all! 💙 #bruinfamily.
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Let’s go Bruins!!! 💙💛.
Two of our Bruins will be competing at the @USAGym Championships Aug. 19 & 21! Best of luck to @ChilesJordan and @ciena_alipio! . ℹ: #GoBruins
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🤩💙💛 let’s gooooo!!!!.
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🥹💙💛 Can’t wait to see you write this next chapter & go after your dreams @ChilesJordan.
"I'm doing it for me.". @uclagymnastics sophomore Jordan Chiles is flipping the script again, starting her journey to represent the United States for the second time at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Wow, amazing! @ChilesJordan 💙💛🤩.
Top 10 UB single-season averages for NCAA WAG gymnasts w/ 10+ meets over last 15 seasons. @uclagymnastics @GatorsGym @AuburnGym @UtahGymnastics @BeaverGym @OU_WGymnastics @UGAGymnastics
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Obsessed with the confetti and denography! Thanks @uclatheden 🎉.
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Today was awesome 🤩 Proud of this team and the work they’re putting in! 💙.
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Thank you #bruinfamily 💙💛.
Last practice day in Westwood in the books! Thank you to @MartinJarmond and @UCLAAthletics coaches and staff for sending us off to Nationals! . #GoBruins | #BruinFamily
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So proud of you @nyreed_ and so grateful you’re a Bruin! 💙💛.
In her year away from the sport, @nyreed_ focused on improving herself and her mental health. Then, she returned to gymnastics, transferred to @uclagymnastics and went viral. My story:
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So proud of @CLcecile & Laurent! So deserving for two of the best, hardest working people I know!.
We proudly introduce the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Class of 2023!. ⭐️ Tonya Case.⭐️ Steven Gluckstein.⭐️ Jasmine “Jazzy” Kerber.⭐️ Cécile and Laurent Landi.⭐️ Danell Leyva.⭐️ Rome Milan.⭐️ Vladimir Vladev.
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Jordan just being Jordan! 😂💕.
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So exciting!!! Congratulations @ChilesJordan 🥹💙💛 So happy for you! 🇺🇸.
She’s going to her first Worlds! . Congratulations to @ChilesJordan on being selected to the 2022 @USAGym World Championships team! 🇺🇸🐻. ➡️
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This past week has been a dream with this team! ✨ Having so much fun and working hard. Let’s go Bru!!! 🤩💙💛.
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So excited for another year with Emma! Let’s goooo!!! 💙💛🤩🎉.
𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.“I’m so grateful to be able to spend another year being a part of this program! I can’t wait to soak in every moment with this amazing group of athletes, coaches, support staff, and community!! Let’s go ring shopping! 😤🏆💍💅” - @EmmaAndres9
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Goooo Ana!!! 🎉.
All of us cheering on @AnaPadurariu3 at this weekend’s Canadian Championships! . Best of luck, Ana! 🇨🇦🐻
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🥹💙💛.
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B1G things are Bruin! 😉💙💛.
Our 2025 @B1GGymnastics opponents are set! We're excited to host Illinois, Michigan State and Penn State next season in Pauley!. ℹ️: 🎟️:
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🙋🏼♀️.
Who else is excited to see @ChilesJordan at the U.S. Championships this weekend?! 🙋♀️ . The competition will air on Peacock Friday at 5pm PT (Day 1) and Sunday at 4pm PT (Day 2). Best of luck, Jo! 🐻
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😂😂😂.
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🥹🤧💙💛 #4family.
𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 - 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐.The Bruins gave it their all in the semifinals, competing with confidence and joy. There is so much to be proud of and excited for in the future! . 🗣: @MargzettaF .🎥: @sophia_lahmidi .#GoBruins
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😂💙💛 #soproud.
UCLA makes a new addition to their already stacked ‘24 class. 5⭐️ Aulani McDonald will join the Bruins in an immediate all around impact role. @Janel2001 with ANOTHER stellar recruit 🔥
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So excited to compete for and celebrate all the amazing Bruin gym alum who built the legacy of this program! 💙💛 Going to be a special day!.
Just a few of the alumni we’re so excited to welcome back to Pauley on Monday for our Alumni Meet! . $3 🎟️:
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So grateful for Rita’s support of our program! Proud to now be known as The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach!.
We are incredibly grateful to Rita Rothman and the Rothman Family for establishing The R.C. Rothman UCLA Head Gymnastics Coach Endowment, which will make a major impact on our student-athlete experience! .
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Brought me to tears! So grateful to have gotten this year with you, Kaly! Inspired by the impact you are leaving on our team and our sport! 💙💛.
My very first published article📝.
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😂🤣.
Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Week 4
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Let’s go pre-season! Ahhh so much fun to be back together! 💙💛.
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@EmmaMalabuyo brings home the Silver medal on Floor! So incredibly proud!!! Way to go Boo, what an amazing experience for you! 🥈✨💛.
Asian Championships WAG FX Final results:.🥇Zhang Qingying CHN.🥈Emma Malabuyo PHI.🥉Shin Solyi KOR
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Yesss!!! Way to go Boo! 💙💛.
Season-highs on all 3 events she competed and a career-high 9.9 on this uneven bars routine. @EmmaMalabuyo had a DAY in Denver! . #GoBruins
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So excited! Let’s go Bru! 🤩✨💙💛.
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2024 season loading…👀💙💛 Let’s goooo!!!.
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“It’s a new opportunity!” Let’s go Bru!!.
NEW: No. 4 @uclagymnastics will compete tonight in the NCAA Los Angeles Regional Final, but before the Bruins take the floor, let's look back at Thursday's meet. Margzetta Frazier and Brooklyn Moors starred in high-pressure moments, meeting career-highs.
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Absolutely electric! Thank you!!! 💙💛.
𝟕,𝟕𝟎𝟐 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆!. THANK YOU to the record-breaking crowd who brought an amazing energy to Pauley today! See you again on Feb. 11!
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Let’s gooo!!! So excited 💥.
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🤩🤩🤩.
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