Swim News - August/September 2001 (No.267)

52 Pages·2001·5.1 MB·English

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N.J.Thierry, Editor&Publisher CONSECUTIVENUMBER267 VOLUME 28, NUMBER6
MarcoChiesa, BusinessManager
KarinHelmstaedt, InternationalEditor FEATURES
RussEwald,Sunland, USAEditor 6-8 2001 Canadian Summer Nationals Nikki Dryden
PaulQuinlan,AustralianEditor
CecilColwin,Ottawa, FeaturesEditor DifficultConditionsWere NotConduciveforFastSwimming
AnitaSmale, CopyEditor 17 2001 FINAWorld Championships NickJ. Thierry
FeatureWriters AustraliaWinsMostGolds, USAMostMedals
NikkiDryden,Boston Thorpe StarsWith FourofEightWorldRceords
KatliarineDunn,Halifax
18 Open WaterWorld Championships
WayneGoldsmith,Australia
AnitaLonsbrough, England RussiaEdges ItalybyNarrowMargin
20 World Championships, Day 1,July 22 NickJ. Thierry
InternationalStatisticalSupportGroup: TwoGoldsforThorpe
RumenAtanasov,Bulgaria
Chal<erBelhadj,Tunisia 21 World Championships, Day 2,July 23 NickJ. Thierry
SzabolcsFodor,Hungary TwoGoldsforAustraliaandGermany
GerdHeydn,Germany 22 World Championships, Day 3,July 24 NickJ. Thierry
FranckJensen, Denmark
WorldRecordsbyTwoTeenagers, Thorpe and PhelpsAgain
BerthJohansson,Sweden
Daniel Pichon/MichelSalles,France 23 World Championships, Day 4,July 25 NickJ. Thierry
JuanAntonioSierra,Spain ThorpeBreaksThirdWorldRecord
NevilleSmith,SouthAfrica 25 World Championships, Day 5,July 26 NickJ. Thierry
FratisekStochI,CzechRepublic
De BruijnWinsSecondGold
NelsonVargas,Mexico
JanuszWasko,Poland 26 World Championships, Day 6,July 27 NickJ. Thierry
SumireWatanabe,Japan Two GoldsforAustraliaand USA, TwoMoreWorld Records
27 World Championships, Day 7,July 28 NickJ. Thierry
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Whatadepressingperiod.DuringmostofAugust, not consider the death of 11 athletes and coaches Association, certainly the athlete's choice, has not
thenewspaperswerefullofdoomandgloomarticles sufficientlyserioustomeritcancellingorpostponing evenbeenshort-listed.Amongthoseontheshortlist
onCanadiansport. Seebelow. theOlympics. areaformerTorontoSkyDomeexecutiveandasport
ThenSeptember 11 happened. Itwastheendofsportasaninnocentpastime. shoe industry' executive. Baumann has been Chief
Itparalyzedalmosteveryone1know. ExecutivewithQueenslandSwimminginAustralia
Howcouldsuchathinghappen? andrecentlyjoinedtheBoardofAustralianSwimming.
Forsomeonewhotravelsextensively(I'vebeento Losers: "A nation of losers," the National Post
Europethreetimesthisyear,toSouthAmerica,andto headlinedonAugust22.Thearticlebegan "Weare * * *
Japan),theprospectofmoretraveltocompetitionsis flailingatswimming,attrackandfield,atsoccer,at FormerskiinggreatKenReadwroteintheNational
daunting. rugby. Post(August31,2001):"Thisisaprimeexampleof
BlackSeptemberindeed. Wearestrugglingatrowing,atskiing,atboxing, what iswrongwith Canadian sport. Wedon'tneed
Sport becomes irrelevant when so many lives andevenathockey. anotherbureaucratorbusinesspersontoadminister
perished. Eachcaseistheresultofacomplexcombination sport.Weneedaleader.Weneedinspiration.Weneed
offactors. And everyone agrees it's not for lack of newideas.WeneedAlexBaumannandmanymore
Septemberwasblackforsportalmost30years ago, trying. likehim.
when during the secondweekofthe 1972 Munich Forsomeit'slackofgovernmentfunding.Others Weneedtocallonourpastheroesandputthem
Olympics, eightArabterroristsenteredtheAthletes" decry the government's use of sport for social into meaningful positions to inspire our athletes,
Village and took nine Israelis as hostage, having engineering." drawattentiontotheshortcomingsinourprograms
killedtwocoaches. Theyannouncedthattheywere Doug Fisher, dean ofthe Ottawapress gallery, andbuildinterestincoiporateCanada."
Palestinians and demanded that Israel release 200 writesonpoliticsin The TorontoSunandv^asone
Arab prisoners and that the terroristsbe given safe oftheoriginalthinkersbehindtheI969government * * *
passageoutofGermany. taskforce on fundingofsport. In the decade from AletterintheNationalPost,September11,2001
Afterhoursoftensenegotiations,thePalestinians, 1969 to 1979, federal sport spending moved from HeroesandCEOs:KudostoKenReadforhisthoughtful
whoitwaslaterlearnedbelongedtothePLO(Palestine $3millionto$50million,anditinchedto$80millionby observations concerning the CEO selection for the
Liberation OrganizaUon) faction called Black the1990s. Canadian OlympicAssociation (We Need aLeader.
September, agreed to be taken by helicopter to an AssoonasOttawastartedfundingnationalsports We Need Baumann. Aug. 31). To say that Alex
airbasewheretheywouldbegivenaplanethatwould groups,theprovincesquicklyduplicateditfortheir BaumannlacksCanadianbusinessconnectionsisto
flythemtoEgypt.TheGermanspreparedtoambush provincialcounterparts. Fisherestimatesthatthere suggest that the major mandate of the Canadian
theterroristsattheairport. are4,000full-timesportbureaucratsinCanada.The OlympicAssociationisbasedonprofittaking.
A series of shootouts and German mistakes hopedforincreaseinparticipationandmedalsdidn't The COA is heading in the direction of other
resultedineightmoreIsraeliathleteskilled,aswellas materialize. Canadian sport governing groups, which have
fiveterroristsandaGermanpoliceman. Fisherestimatesthatover$10billion hasbeen excludedsportsheroeswithrecognizablenamesfrom
Three ofthe terroristswere captured. Amonth spent hosting international Games including the leadership positions. Amateursport bureaucracy is
later,onOctober29,aGermanairiinerwashijacked 1967and1999PanAms,the1976Summer01ympics, largelyresponsibleforthecrumblingsystemofsports
byterroristsdemandingthatthe Munich killers be two Commonwealth Games (1978 and 1994), the in Canada. The strength ofthe system has always
released. World University Games in 1981, 1988 Winter beentheathlete;perhapsthepresentleadershipshould
The Germans capitulated and the remaining Olympics,etc. takeacloserlookatothercountriesoreventheway
three terrorists were released, but an Israeli team Moremoneywillnotdeliverbetterresults. It'sa prosportsbelieveinthevalueandpotentialoftheir
trackedthemdown andassassinatedtwo,withone complexproblempartiallyduetothetri-levelsport formerathletes.Thequestionthatbegstobeanswered
dyingofnaturalcauses. bureaucracy, lackofschool sports, no real athletic is:"IstheintentionoftheCOAtocreatevisibilityand
The mastermind of the massacre remains at scholarships,lackofmediainterestinanythingbut namerecognitionforthenewCEO,orshouldthenew
large. In I999>Abu Daoud admitted his role in his professionalsports,obsessionwithhockey. CEO (with highvisibility in theworidofsport and
autobiography,#e';;zo/r^ofaPalestinianTerrorist. community)re-establishthecredibilityoftheCOA?"
Dr.Jeno Tihanyi, SchoolofHumanKinetics,
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) Snubbed: Alex Baumann, considered a leading Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.
suspendedtheGamesforadayofmourningbutdid contenderforChiefExecutiveoftheCanadianOlympic
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SWIMNEWS/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER2001 5
2001 SUMMER NATIONALS were fighting sickness and exhaustion from their
recenttriptoJapan, thesekidswereinEtobicoketo
swimtheirbest.
YOUNGER SWIMMERS HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS In the women's 1500, Danielle Bell of Island
continuedherholdoverwomen'sdistanceswimming,
DimCULT CONDITIOniS WERE NOT CONDUCIVE FOR FAST SWIMMING winninginabesttimeof16:52,29.Thesilvermedal
went to 15-year-old Taryn Lencoe of the Pacific
Nikki Dryden
ETOBICOKE—Theswimmingcalendarlooks a lot
likeaThanksgivingdinnerthesedays:toomuchtobe
healthy,buttoogoodtoturndown.Notonlyarethere
more meets in exotic destinations, but the meets
themselvesaregrowinglonger;anditdoesn'tappear
we'regoingtoendthegluttonysoon.Sothesportand
its athletes are learning how to balance eight-day
meets,semi-finals,trainingcampsinexoticlocales,
andtheoldstaplesofschoolandfamily.Butit'snot
easy. MarianneLimpertfellillen routetoJapanfor
therecentWorldChampionships,whileBrianJohns,
MarkJohnson,andTobiasOriwalgotsickreturning
hometoCanada,
With that in mind, this summer's Canadian
Nationalswasabuffetofperformances.Established
starsaddedmoretitles, likeLimpert (PDSA), Curtis
Myden(UCSA),MikeMintenko(PDSA),MarkVersfeld
(PDSA),andRickSay(UCSA)whoevenmanagedto 1500freewinnerDanielleBell,IslandSwimming MarcoChiesa
set anewrecord, beingthe first Canadian male to someexcitingracesandsomeeagernewswimmers Dolphins,whoswama17:01.46,apersonalbestof24
sweepthe100,200,400,andSOOfreestylesatNationals, hungryforsuccess. secondsfromthissummerinSantaClara,andovera
But all these veteranswere considerably over their AudreyLacroix,RileyJanes,TarynLencoe,Mike 30-seconddropfromwinternationals.
besttimes.Eventhehottestswimmerofthemoment, Brown, Laura Pomeroy, Matt Rose, Keith Beavers, TaryniscoachedbyKellyTaitinger,PDSA'sage
JenniferFratesi (ROW)swam"off"events,optingto and Jennifer Porenta: if you haven't heard these groupcoach,whoforyearshasbeendevelopingsome
just"havesomefun," names before, take out apen and paper and start of the club's fastest and freshest talent. Over the
But regardless of the realities presented to the memorizingbecauseliketheclassbeforethem,these summer months Taryn was able to train with her
country'stopswimmers,andthenot-so-perfectracing kidshavebeentaggedasthenextgroupofswimstars olderexperiencedteammate,OlympianTimPeterson.
conditions(adeadlyheatwaveandsteamypooldeck in Canada. And although their swimming heroes "IgottotrainwithTimforabouttwomonthswhile
coupledwithdismalindoorlighting),therewerestill everyonewasawayatWorlds,"saysTaryn 11wasjust
thetwoofusinthedistancelane,"Itcertainlydidnot
hurttheprecociousteenwhowasquiteexcitedafter
winning herfirst national medal, "I went into the
raceknowingIcouldgetamedal,butIknewIhadto
reallypushmyselfbecauseIwasprettynei-voustonight,
I look at those girls [Bell, and third place finisher
KarleyStutzulofIsland] asthe'bigguys'soitwasa
bitscary,"Tarynwassixthinthe800free,whichwas
wonbyLindsayBeaversinan8:51.18,andkeepyour
eyeoneighth-placefinisher14-year-oldBevanHaley
oftheTritons.
In themen's800, RickSaytookitoutin 55,1,
onlytodrophispaceoffsteadilywitheachhundred.
SaywasseveralbodylengthsaheadoffellowOlympian
Andrew Hurd of Mississauga at the 400, but Say
sloweddecisivelyandHurdreeledhimin.Although
flippingwithinonesecondofSayatthe700,Hurdwas
unabletocatchSay,whoputonsomespeedinthelast
Threeinarowfor200flywinnerAdamSioul.TRENT MarcoChiesa 100,withafinallapof59.7tofinishinan8:09.56.
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not going to settle for second that easily. Lacroix
movedinonDeglauasthetwopoweredtothewall.
Deglau reigned supreme once again, winning in
2:11.10,whileLacroixdroppedherpersonalbestbya
secondtofinishin2:11.36.
Lacroix took the yellow jersey later in the
competitionwhenshebeatDeglauinthe 100fly.At
Worlds, Lacroix brokeJessica Amey's five-year-old
record in this event, but her time in Etobicoke of
1:00.97wasoffherrecordtimeof1:00.20fromJapan.
"I felt anxious to get the record again and my
techniquesuffered,"saidLacroix."Idida1:00.75in
the prelims and it felt easyso I was reallyputting
pressureonmyselftoswimfaster."WhileDeglauhit
the pads in 1:01.65, another young standout, 18-
year-old Elizabeth Collins of Regina, was third in
1:01.75.
The men's 200flysawsomenewcomerstothe
event. Brian Johns (RAPID) and Mike Mintenko,
Olympiansinotherevents,bothdecidedtogivethe
eventualwinner,AdamSiouiofTrenton, afightfor
the belt. Sioui won in 2:00.78, afterchasing down
earlyleaderMintenko.Inthefinalmetres,Johnswas
also able to mow down the "Tank," and the two
Vancouverteammatesfinishedinbesttimesof2:01.24
and 2:01.79- Siou's win was his third in a row.
(Summer2000,Spring2001).
Thewomen's400IMhasgivenussomeexciting
racesoverthepastdecade. Inrecentmemoryitwas
NancySweetnamandJoanneMalar,thenlastsummer
is was Liz Warden ofToronto, Carrie Burgoyne of
Calgary,andKellyDoodyofVancouverwhoracedto
exhaustion for a spot on the Canadian Olympic
CombinedTeamScores
1 PacificDolphinSwimAssoc PDSA 1,321,50
2 Univ.OfCalgarySwimAssoc UCSA 1,028,00
200breaststrokewinnerMichaelBrown, PERTH MarcoChiesa 3 TorontoAll-Stars TO 669,50
4 ClubAquatiquedeMontreal CAMO 660,00
Hurd'stimeof8:11.22waswelloffhisbestof8:00, Threeteensroundedoutthefinalandcouldoneday 5 RegionofWaterloo ROW 332,00
howeverHurdhasbeenstrugglingtoregainhisform clash forpreeminence iftheycontinueto improve. 78 UUnniivv.ers0i1lAelbLearvtaalSwimCentre UULASC 229564,,0000
after an ankle sprain just weeks before World TeammatesLauraPomeroyandJenniferPortentaof 10 IslandSwimming IS 228,50
11 MantaSwimClub MANTA 220,00
Championships.Hurddidmanageawininthe1500, the Toronto Allstars were sixth and seventh, while 12 DoradoStars STARS 192,00
witha15:40.76. OlympianJennaGresdalofEtobicokewaseighth.In 13 EtobicokeSwimming ESWIM 17900
14 CFBTrentonDolphinsSwimClub TD 100,00
Inthewomen's100free,MarianneLimpertwas the 50, it was the same group of young sprinters 15 TrentSwimClub TRENT 97,00
out for vengeance after Laura Nichols broke her challengingNicholsforthetitleofCanada'sfastest Men'sTeamScores
CanadianrecordlastJune.Butafteraverageheatand woman.PomeroytiedwithNicholsinaspeedy26.03 1 PacificDolphinSwimAssoc PDSA 730,50
semitimes,neitherwomanwasabletogetdowninto forthewin,Gresdalwasthird,andPortentawasfifth. 23 TUonirvo.nt0o1AClla-lSgtaarrysSwimAssoc TUOCSA 368970,,5000
the 55s.Nicholswonin a56.46toLimpert's 56.75. Although it seems like yesterday that Jessica 4 ClubAquatiquedeMontreal CAMO 267,00
5 Univ,ofAlbertaSwimCentre UASC 163,00
Deglauwas theyoungest memberofthe Canadian 6 UniversileLaval UL 149,00
R1)ating9S8u4mmary52o.f8T5opPer1f0o0rmfalyncMesMichaelMintenko,25,PDSA OlympicTeaminAtlanta, this21-year-oldisnowa 89 TCrFeBntTSrewnitmonClDuoblphinsSwimClub TTDRENT 19007,0000
2) 980 25.79 SObacklVI RileyJanes,21,ESWIM seasoned veteran who continues to win despite 10 IslandSwimming IS 93,50
3) 976 2:01.67 200imM CurtisMyden,27,UCSA
4) 972 29.17 50backW JenniferCarroll,20,CAMO continualattemptsbymanytoknockheroffthetop Women'sTeamScores
56)) 996630 1:2062..3114 10050brbeaacstkMM MMaorrkgaVnerKsnfaebled,,2250,,PUDCSSAA ofthepodium. Deglauwonthe200and400freeas 21 PCalcuibfiAcquDoaltpihqiunedSewiMmonlArsesaolc PCDASMAO 539913,,0000
8971)))0) 999955556544 221:::20044119,,..50165420 2220000005b0ffarrcfeelkeeyWMMM JTRTerihesconskmtiScaSaastyaD.Klei2egn2yl(l.a,lu1Ue,9Cr2,,S12UA,1S,PACDASMAO whDeaelrgldl-aafusolhueegdrhftsrpobemactittahlleetygwutinht,ehb2uC0iA0lMdfOilyn',gsbhueAtrudlnreoaetdywliaLtpahcboryuoitlxa.ap 3457 TURMonearignovitnoatn0oS1owAfCliWlam-alStgtCeaalrrrulysboSowimAssoc, TRUMOCAOSNWATA 222384232208,,..00000000
111123))) 999555120 22::211656..,371086 200520b0rb0eaacisktmMMW MGMaoicrrhidaaVenlenleBdrLmoiawmnnp,e,2r12t7,,.E2PB8ES,RCPTDHSA tLoactruorinxaatltmhoes1t50o.nBeutatnhdeyoaunhgaslfprsienctosnpdesciaahliesatdwaosf 810 UIsnliavnedrsSilweimLamvianlg UISL 113457,.0000
SWIMNEWS/AUGUST-SEPTEIVIBER 2001 7
Team.Thisyear,WardenandBurgoynewerejoined his speed racing in the fast NCAA. Because of the
byDenaDurand (UCSA) andMarianneLimpert. schedulingoftheCanadianWorldTrials,Janeswasonly
Durandqualifiedinlanefourforfinalsandwas abletoswimthe50backbeforeheadingofftoNCAAs.
firsttofinishtheflylegoftherace,followedcloselyby LuckilyforJaneshewasnotagirl.CanadianTrialswere
training partner Burgoyne. Warden showed her scheduleddirectlyinconflictwithwomen'sNCAAs,leaving
superiorbackstrokeskills(shealsowonthe200back severalwomenoutoftheTrialsaltogether.
inabesttimeof2:l4.02)bytakingabody-lengthlead Janes'TexasA&Mteammate,MattRose(TRENT),
headingintothesecondhalfoftherace,withBurgoyne wasfirstinthe50freestyle,fourthinthe50back,and
holding on to second just ahead of Limpert. Not seventhinthe50fly.Itisapparentthatthis20-year-old
known forthe 400 IM, Limpert moved into second hassomerealspeedthatisbeingsharpeneddownsouth
placeonthebreaststrokelegbutwasalmost3seconds intheNCAA.
behindWarden,whosplita1:22breastleg.Inagusty ThefreestyledominanceofthePacificDolphinsis
final50,LimpertwasabletocatchWardenunderthe apparentintherelays.Withtheluxurythatcomeswith
flags,andthetwolungedforthewalltogether.Butit suchdepth,theDolphinscanmixuptheirrelaysinorder
wasnottobeforLimpert,whofelljustshyofwinning togetasmanyteamsinthefinals.Inthewomen's4x200,
herfirst400IMNationaltitle.Wardenwontherace PDSAplacedfirst,third, andsixth, andhadtheirfour
with4:48.57toLimpert's4:48,87.Burgoynefinished fastestgirlsbeenonthe"A"team,theircumulativetime
thirdwith4:54.42. KeithBeavers,STARS,won400liVi. MarcoChiesa wouldhavesmashedtheCanadianClubRecordbytwo
Limpert decided to race the 400 for pure didn'tstopMikeBrownofPerthfromupsettingthe seconds. In themen's4x100free relay, PDSAfinished
enjoyment,butafterwardsagreedwithWardenthat defendingchampioninthe200.Althoughthetrend first,third,andeighth,withthewinningteambreaking
it'shardtofeelgoodaftera400IM. "Iliketorace," forthemeetwastoswimfastonlyinfinals, 17-year- theclubrecordby0.17. Iftheyhadforgonetherecord
said Limpert, "So I was trying to catch Liz, but 3 oldBrownshowedhewasreadybypostinga2:16.82 attemptandmixedthetwoteams,theycouldhavegone
seconds is a lot to make up, and she just got the intheheats.Hedroppedhistimetoa2:16.16todefeat one-two.
touch."WardenadmittedthatsheneversawLimpert KnabeandwinhisfirstNationalTitle. CAMOwomenemergedasanewforceinthewomen's
untiltheend."Ididn'tseeherforthewholeraceand "ItfeelsreallygoodtoshowthatIcanbeontop relays.Theywonthe4x100freeandmedleyrelays,aided
thereshewasonthelast50!" ofthepodiumtoo,"saidBrown,whohastrainedwith byworldchampionshipteammatesAudreyLacroixand
Inthemen's400IM,KeithBeaversoftheDorado thePerthStingrayssincehestartedswimmingatage JenniferCarroll,andOlympianNadineRolland.
Stars won handily with a 4:24.41. Mississauga seven."AllIcouldthinkaboutonthelastturnwasto RickSay,withfourgolds,andJessicaDeglau,with
swimmerChuckSayoandChadMurrayofCalgary headforthewallasfastasIcan." Brownpickedup three wins, were named the top male and female
followed him in 4:25.88 and 4:27.11 respectively. silverinthe 100breastaswell. swimmersofthemeet."IwasfeelingprettytiredandIdid
These three men, aswell asfourth- andfifth-place RileyJanes (ESWIM) reclaimed the Canadian much better than expected," said Say about the
finishersKurtisMacGillivaryofROWandTrentStaley recordinthe50back.Freshfromasixth-placefinish competition."Ijustwantedtogooutthisweekandhave
ofThunderBay, are amongthenewcropofyoung atWorlds,Janesclockeda25.79tobetterthe 25.81 somefunbecauseIdidn'tswimaswellas1wantedinthe
teensbattlingforIMdomination.AlthoughOlympic standardsetbyChrisRenaudofCalgary."It'sabout individual events at the Worlds. This [success] is
triplebronzemedallistCurtisMydenisstillswimming, timeIgottherecordback,"saidJanes."Icameclose unexpectedbecauseIwasn'tfocusedonthismeet."Mike
he hasbeenfocusingon the 200 IM thispastyear. atWorldsbutthedifferenceherewasthepool. The Mintenko's52.85inthe100flywasthehigh-pointswim
WatchoutforStaley,whoisalsoafinebackstroker;he blocks are a little lower and alittlewider andthat ofthemeet,whilethePacificDolphinscontinuedtheir
wonthe200backinabesttimeof2:01.12. helpsmystartalot." supremacy in Canadian swimming by sweeping the
Inthewomen's200breast,two-timeOlympian Janes has been swimming for Texas A&M women's,men'sandoverallteamtitles.
ChristinPetelski(Island)wonwith2:31.88overfellow Universityforthelastfewyears,wherehehashoned Thechlorinewon'tbegonefromtheseswimmers'
Olympian Rhiannon Leier ITskin for long. Chuck Sayao
(MANTA). Leierhad abetter andAndrewHurdareheading
swim in the 100, clocking off to the World Student
1:09.82,justoffherbesttime^' .,; ^. GamesinBeijing.Let'shope
from this year's Worlds. In M^-*^ theylearn thewinningways
thatsameevent,teensTamara of this future Olympic city.
Wagner of Waterloo and Six swimmers, including
AnnamayPierseofEdmonton >T-ifliHHMarianneLimpertandMike
both posted personal best -.fi^HBMintenko, are flying back
timesof1:11.78,and 1:11.9') Down Under, this time to
toroundoutthepodium. Brisbane for the Goodwill
Morgan Knabe is Games. This Canadian
Canada's top breaststroker. contingent will compete for
Knabewonthe 100breastin the World Team. Here's to
Etobicoke afterplacing fifth theirmedalhaulontheAussie
in the event at the World GoldCoast.
Championships, but that DistancewinnerAndrewHurd,IVISSAC MarcoChiesa
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