Body Shaming in Sports Coaching
Unacceptable practices of public weighing and body-shaming of girls and young women within sports coaching environments.
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Committee recommendation
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#16 - Mandate Sport England to oversee Swim England's response to coaching issues and culture.
Public weighing and body-shaming of girls and young women is wholly unacceptable. That this should have occurred in a sports environment, in which girls already face barriers to participation, is deplorable. Swim England must restore trust in swimming’s coaching practices and culture, and Sport England must oversee the change process until this is achieved. Sport England must, in...
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terms: coaching, shaming, sport
Committee recommendation
66match
#29 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
We recommend that the Government issue guidance making clear that schools are expected to adopt PE kit and uniform policies that prioritise comfort, inclusivity and dignity—particularly for girls and pupils with protected characteristics. Schools should work directly with students to provide flexible clothing options, including guidance on sports bras, and take practical steps such as improving privacy in...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
61match
#31 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
We recommend that the Government require and support schools to deliver a broader and more inclusive PE curriculum that prioritises enjoyment, comfort and a welcoming environment for all pupils. Alongside a wider range of activities, we recommend that schools should offer supportive, age‑appropriate competition that helps children learn from both success and failure without making excellence the sole...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
61match
#4 - Review school PE kit guidance to ensure widest choice for girls, including sports bras.
The evidence on girls’ anxieties around PE kit is overwhelming. We recommend the Department for Education and National Physical Activity Taskforce review guidance for schools on school PE kit, with the aim of ensuring all schools permit the widest possible choice for girls. That guidance should include advice to schools on use of sports bras by girls taking...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
57match
#30 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
Evidence shows that a narrow, traditional PE curriculum often alienates pupils who feel less confident or “sporty”, particularly girls and children with SEND. Broadening the offer to include non‑traditional sports, dance and outdoor activities helps make PE more enjoyable and accessible, supporting physical literacy and long‑term engagement. (Conclusion, Paragraph 92)
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
56match
#5 - Launch "This Girl Can" campaign for parents and update School Sport Action Plan targets.
We recommend Sport England launch a new strand of the “This Girl Can” campaign aimed at parents, tackling early years gender stereotypes around physical activity and sport. This should include a specific focus on the positive role fathers can play in encouraging girls in sport and exercise. Sport England should also work with the Health barriers for girls...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
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#15 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
We recommend that the Government immediately mandate the Health and Safety Executive to work with National Governing Bodies of all sports to establish, by July 2022, a national framework for the reporting of sporting injuries. Within a year of the framework being published, all organised sports should be required to report any event that might lead to acquired...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
52match
#34 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
We recommend that the Government should provide national funding and guidance to enable local authorities, clubs and community organisations to expand inclusive initiatives, (such as Play Streets, walking sports and evidence‑backed programmes like Big Sister), prioritising those that engage older generations, disadvantaged groups and young people with limited support networks. (Recommendation, Paragraph 109) 56
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
52match
#17 - Require DCMS to publish detailed insights, next steps, and timetable for integrity in sport.
Issues of bullying, harassment, abuse, and discrimination are not limited to swimming, with issues emerging across several sports in recent years. We welcome the DCMS’s call for evidence on integrity in sport, which closed three months ago, and expect to see tangible actions as a result. In response to this Report, the DCMS should set out in detail:...
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PFD report
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Archie Bruce
The Rugby Football League's Welfare Policy allows clubs outside the Super League to relax illicit drug education and conduct rules, risking young players who need consistent guidance due to their immaturity.
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Committee recommendation
48match
#41 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
Volunteers are essential to the delivery of community sport. Across the country, thousands of people give their time to coach, officiate and support grassroots clubs, often sustaining provision that would not otherwise exist. We want everyone to have the chance to volunteer. A greater mix of volunteers should improve community relationships and lead to a more diverse volunteering...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
48match
#21 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
It will never be possible to ensure that sport is one hundred percent safe. It should, however, be expected that participants are aware of the risks involved and that there is a precautionary approach to risk management. The Government cannot avoid taking a proactive role in ensuring that this occurs. (Paragraph 83) 34 Concussion in sport
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
48match
#17 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
We also recommend that the Government convene its own specialist group on concussion, drawing on campaign groups, relevant scientific expertise and sporting institutes to assess, every four years, the emerging science on this issue. This group should take a broader view of the existing science than the Concussion in Sport Group, with its priority on taking a precautionary...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
48match
#12 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
The problems faced by both football and rugby are common to a multitude of other sports which do not have the same media attention or the same resources to apply to possible solutions. One of the biggest problems is the apparent lack of clarity on who is responsible for driving change. Change has not happened quickly enough and...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
48match
#11 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
Football’s engagement with the issue of concussion, both in England and internationally, has taken too long and its current prominence is due to the campaigning of organisations like the Jeff Astle Foundation and prominent spokespersons like Chris Sutton. We would have expected the Football Association, as the National Governing Body, to have taken a stronger, sustained interest in...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
47match
#1 - Existing programmes fail to address girls' health barriers or reverse declining PE enjoyment.
Girls face a number of distinctive health and physiology-related barriers to participation in, and enjoyment of, sport and physical activity, from early years to post-puberty. Existing programmes and interventions from the Government and other bodies, while welcome, do not yet go far enough in addressing these barriers and are yet to reverse alarming downward trends in girls’ enjoyment...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
47match
#37 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
Increasing women’s participation in sport depends not only on opportunities to play, but also on visibility and representation. Evidence shows that when women’s sport is regularly broadcast, especially on free‑to‑air TV, girls are more likely to feel inspired and motivated to be active. A dedicated broadcast slot for women’s football would provide consistent coverage, grow audiences and challenge...
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terms: sport
PFD report
45match
Mia Janin
Concerns about ongoing gender-based bullying at the school and the lack of student confidence in current initiatives create a continued risk of future deaths.
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Committee recommendation
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#17 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Young people are particularly at risk of developing poor body image, and access to social media and other online content is linked with negative feelings about appearance. We recommend that the Government ensures that any age verification or assurance processes used by online companies are effective and protect young people from harmful content. We ask the Government to...
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Committee recommendation
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#8 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Weighing children in primary schools under the National Child Measurement Programme is likely to cause harm to children’s mental health and could hinder the development of a positive body image. This is particularly damaging for Black children who are more likely to be incorrectly placed in the overweight or obese categories. We recommend that the Government urgently reviews...
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Committee recommendation
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#1 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
People face appearance-based discrimination on a daily basis, at work, in schools and in public spaces. Whilst we were disappointed not to hear from the Government Equalities Office on their assessment of appearance-based discrimination, we are pleased that the Government is undertaking research on the relationship between negative body image and certain protected characteristics. Over the past 10...
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Committee recommendation
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#23 - 4th Report - Game On: Community and school sport
Physical education and daily movement are not being fully utilised in schools, leaving too many children, particularly the least active, without the health, wellbeing and learning benefits that regular activity provides. Curriculum time for PE has declined, its non‑core status has reduced its 54 perceived value, and inequalities in participation have widened as a result. Increasing timetabled PE...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
44match
#18 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
We find it difficult to see any downside of a coherent UK-wide protocol for concussion and recommend that the Government look to the Scottish model and then work with the devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to develop, in the next 12 months, a UK protocol for concussion across all sport. This should be used by...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
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#13 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
The protections afforded by the state to workers apply as much to footballers and jockeys as they do to miners and construction workers. The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 was a landmark piece of legislation to protect the health of workers and, along with subsequent Regulations, places a duty of care on employers. The 32 Concussion...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
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#13 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
The Committee was pleased to see some progress on the Government’s Online Harms legislation during our inquiry. We are of the view that any online content and activity that contributes to the proliferation of negative body image is a ‘harm’ The Online Harms Bill should be a legislative priority and the Government should inform us of its proposed...
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Committee recommendation
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#12 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
We were pleased to hear from companies who are committed to advertising their products by using real, honest images. However, a significant number of advertisers continue to rely heavily on image editing. It is clear that the constant bombardment of editing images both on and offline is detrimental to mental health and contributes to the development of poor...
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Committee recommendation
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#5 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
The current Obesity Strategy is at best ineffective and at worst perpetuating unhealthy behaviours. It is likely to be dangerous for those with negative body image, including those at risk of developing eating disorders. In the short term, we have specific concerns that calorie labelling will contribute to growth in eating disorders and disordered eating. The Government should...
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Committee recommendation
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#4 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
We are hugely saddened to hear of the number of people who have faced appearance and weight-based discrimination when accessing NHS services. There is no way to quantify the damage this has done to individuals’ mental and physical health. We are not satisfied with the use of BMI as a measurement to evaluate individual health. 42 Changing the...
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Committee recommendation
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#7 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Encouraging positive body image during childhood and adolescence must be a priority. We commend the Government for introducing body image into the RSHE curriculum last year and hope this creates an opportunity for schools to address the concerns young people have about their body image. We recommend that the Department for Education regularly reviews the new RSHE curriculum...
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Committee recommendation
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#20 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
We are concerned that there is history of the Government looking into issues of sporting safety and failing to follow through with practical interventions that would Concussion in sport 33 make a difference to the safety and health of those participating. The reports of the 2002 Working Group and by Baroness Grey-Thompson in 2017 both suggested ways to...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
39match
#14 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
Our inquiry into concussion has demonstrated that the long-term effects of acquired brain injury are not simply those events that lead to a diagnosis of concussion. Therefore, any impacts that impair clear thinking or involve a heavy impact could contribute to acquired brain injury.
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
39match
#2 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
The reality is that, for most people playing sport, there is no one to stop them except themselves, their friends, teammates, and family. That is how far down the knowledge and awareness of concussion and how to respond to it must reach to ensure people seek the necessary help and treatment rather than returning to the field to...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
39match
#1 - Third Report - Concussion in sport
Despite the need for acquired brain injury to be taken seriously by sport, the detail of which we will come onto later in this Report, both written and oral evidence to this inquiry support the health benefits to people through mass participation in sporting activity. An active lifestyle promotes overall good health, including reducing the risk of dementia...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
39match
#2 - Fourth Report - Sport in our communities
The proportion of children and young people not achieving the minimum amount of daily activity recommended by the Chief Medical Officer is of significant concern. Before the end of this year, the Government should initiate a nation-wide communications campaign, similar to that of the ‘5 A Day’ campaign, to emphasise the importance of children and young people engaging...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
38match
#8 - Prioritise another 'This Girl Can' campaign phase focused on inspiring women in midlife.
We recommend Sport England prioritise another phase of the “This Girl Can” campaign focused on women in midlife, showing real life examples of women in the 40- to 60-year-old age group participating in a wide range of sports and physical activities, to inspire others.
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
36match
#16 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
We welcome Ofcom’s role in regulating online harms and Parliament’s role in identifying harms. We recommend that the Government work closely with the UKRI and Ofcom to ensure that online harms legislation sufficiently encompasses protections from harms caused by body image pressures. We also ask that the Government engages with social media companies on developing innovative solutions to...
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Committee recommendation
36match
#15 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
We were pleased to hear that the Government recognises the impact social media can have on body image and that it is encouraging social media companies to take more responsibility for the content on their platforms. We are also pleased that social media companies are committed to working with the Government to do more research into the relationship...
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Committee recommendation
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#14 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Despite the number of controls in place on social media platforms, users continuously experience content that, by the platforms’ own admission, shouldn’t be accessible. We 44 Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image recommend that the Government should ensure that social media companies enforce their advertising rules and community guidelines and introduce strong sanctions for failing...
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Committee recommendation
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#11 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Whilst the Committee was pleased to see that TfL has taken steps to protect Londoners from advertisements that could promote body dissatisfaction and bolster diverse advertising on their network, we were disappointed it had not been fully evaluated to properly assess the impact of their policy, both on their consumers and their advertising revenues. We recommend that the...
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Committee recommendation
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#10 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
We commend the Government for launching a consultation on online advertising in the Spring and are encouraged that the ASA will be consulting on body image as well as racial stereotyping in 2021. We recommend that the Government works closely with the ASA to ensure its future work on body image is inclusive and that substantial changes are...
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Committee recommendation
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#9 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
The Committee is disappointed about the lack of diversity in adverts both on and offline. We urgently want to see more companies advertising with real images of people from a diverse range of ethnicities, abilities, sexualities, genders, body shapes and sizes. We know that advertising is a powerful driver of consumer behaviour and protecting people from adverts, which...
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Committee recommendation
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#2 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Lockdown has undoubtedly worsened existing body image anxieties and inspired new insecurities for thousands of people across the country. In particular, we are alarmed by the rapidly rising rates in eating disorders and other mental health conditions. The impact of the pandemic, both on eating disorder sufferers and those at a high risk of developing an eating disorder,...
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Committee recommendation
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#6 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
We are disappointed to learn that there have been no reviews of the effectiveness of the current or previous obesity strategies, and we cannot support much-criticised and unevaluated weight-loss policies. The Government must only use evidence- based policies in its Obesity Strategy. The Government should urgently commission an independent review of its Obesity Strategy to determine the evidence...
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Committee recommendation
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#1 - Initiate comprehensive cross-government strategy to tackle growing problem of body dissatisfaction and its consequences.
We urge the Government to immediately initiate a comprehensive cross-government strategy that brings together, at the very least, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the Department for Education to tackle the current growing problem of body dissatisfaction and its related health, educational and social consequences. This strategy should...
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terms: sport
Committee recommendation
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#9 - Update DCMS 'Get Active' strategy with tailored interventions and targets for midlife women.
We recommend the DCMS update its “Get Active” strategy for the future of sport and physical activity in relation to women in midlife. It should work with organisations including Women in Sport and The Well HQ to include an analysis of the key barriers faced by women in this age group, measurable targets to increase their levels of...
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Committee recommendation
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#3 - Sixth Report: Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Many organisations and academics have found that prevention and early intervention are likely to reduce eating disorder rates as well as hospitalisations and deaths. It is important that the alarming rise in eating disorder rates is addressed as the country reopens post-pandemic. We recommend that in the short term, the Government focuses on rapidly developing early intervention strategies...
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Committee recommendation
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#29 - 11th Report – Cosmetic procedures
One way of addressing the risks posed by social media around cosmetic surgery and body image is through education. Proactive interventions in an educational setting can equip young people with the skills to critically engage with social media content and challenge unrealistic beauty standards. (Conclusion, Paragraph 118) 48
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Committee recommendation
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#3 - Sixth Report - Current issues in rugby union
It is vital that player welfare becomes the central concern of the authorities going forward, with the introduction of a form of benevolent fund a pressing need. We support the steps taken on concussion and hope that continues, but we recommend that the RFU adopt measures to give players a stronger say in all matters relating to their...
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terms: sport
LGO / SPSO decision
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22-004-611 - Leeds City Council
Summary: We will not investigate this complaint about Mr X’s daughter’s experiences arising from her membership of a sports club as we cannot achieve the outcome Mr X seeks.
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Committee recommendation
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#19 - Implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils with KPIs focused on improving school attendance.
As the Centre for Social Justice have recommend, the Department should implement an enrichment guarantee for pupils in school including the use of sport, music, drama and art, looking to the youth sector for best practice. This guarantee should have KPIs focusing on improving school attendance, and the Department should provide options for schools to incorporate this via...
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