{"id":618756,"date":"2025-07-29T05:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=618756"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T23:36:50","slug":"world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"World Championships, Day 3 Finals: Australia&#8217;s &#8216;Unstoppable&#8217; Kaylee McKeown Edges Regan Smith in Another Classic 100 Backstroke Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>World Championships, Day 3 Finals: Australia&#8217;s &#8216;Unstoppable&#8217; Kaylee McKeown Edges Regan Smith in Another Classic 100 Backstroke Duel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australia\u2019s double Olympic champion <strong>Kaylee McKeown<\/strong> has lived up to her \u201cunstoppable\u201d tag by winning her second 100-meter backstroke World title in Singapore \u2013 just .03 outside the world record.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a classic duel in the pool, the 24-year-old Queenslander maintained her six-year unbeaten record, clocking 57.16, the second-fastest time in history, to out-touch U.S. rival and world-record holder <strong>Regan Smith <\/strong>(57.35; her third fastest time ever), with American teammate <strong>Katharine Berkoff<\/strong> taking bronze for a second time in 58.15. It is the same podium order from the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2023 World Championships in Fukuoka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown\u2019s time is a new championship, Oceania, Commonwealth and Australian record in a race she admitted she wasn\u2019t that keen on racing \u2013 preferring to concentrate on the 200. She&#8217;s now glad she stayed with the race, which was a triumph, too, for new coach <strong>Michael Sage<\/strong>, following McKeown&#8217;s decision to move home to the Sunshine Coast and the USC Spartans program.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2025-world-aquatics-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swimming World Meet Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/results\/pdf\/2025-world-aquatics-championships-entry-list-international-elite-2025-07-27.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psych Sheets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omegatiming.com\/2025\/world-aquatics-championships-swm-live-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meet Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/competitions\/4725\/world-aquatics-championships-singapore-2025\/schedule?phase=All&amp;disciplines=SW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day-by-Day Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/sports\/highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. TV\/Streaming Coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/how-to-follow-the-world-championships-links-for-streaming-results-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Aquatics Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_618908\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618908\" data-attachment-id=\"618908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel\/mckeown_8352\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_8352-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609459638&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kaylee McKeown Start 2025 Worlds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;ARCHWAY TO GOLD: Kaylee McKeown blasts off the blocks on her way to gold in the 100m backstroke Singapore 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_8352-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_8352-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-618908\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_8352-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"839\" height=\"599\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-618908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ARCHWAY TO GOLD: Kaylee McKeown blasts off the blocks on her way to gold in the 100m backstroke Singapore 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>McKeown said after the race: &#8220;It&#8217;s a personal best too..so I&#8217;m so, so happy with that&#8230;it&#8217;s really emotional after the lows I came \u00a0back from after the Paris Olympics&#8230;.so to come out there tonight&#8230;and forget about all the press and all the nerves and just swim&#8230;.and it was really nice to see my mum Sharon in the crowd holding that &#8216;Boxing Kangaroo&#8217; mascot &#8211; that was special.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I\u2019ve worked so hard just to get myself into a happy state and it\u2019s just what I\u2019ve been focusing on. I think it goes to show that a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer. I have trained hard but I wasn\u2019t expecting to make a personal best tonight,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think I just have to take it one step at a time, and I will swim fast. I\u2019m just thankful that today I was able to get my hand on the wall (first).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown said it was important to stay true to herself and to remain strong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere were a lot of comments of me saying that I\u2019m scared to lose but that\u2019s not the case at all. If anything, I\u2019m scared to fail myself,&#8221; said McKeown.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_618909\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618909\" data-attachment-id=\"618909\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel\/mckeown_1900\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1900-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609459434&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kaylee McKeown after winning gold 100m back Singapore 2025\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/2\/25&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;FLAGGED FOR SUCCESS: Kaylee McKeown celebrates her 2025 world championship in the 100m backstroke. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1900-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1900-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-618909\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1900-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-618909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLAGGED FOR SUCCESS: Kaylee McKeown celebrates her 2025 world championship in the 100m backstroke. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve worked really, really hard to get up there tonight and prove to myself that I am a good athlete and swimmer. It doesn\u2019t matter if I come first or last.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI just didn\u2019t want to keep steering away from fear because the more that you feel fear, it becomes like a monster and you have got to \u00a0chase your demons at some point. I thought it was better to start sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And on issues with her shoulder? \u00a0&#8220;I\u2019ve got a really flexible stroke and it\u2019s my benefit when I swim my backstrokes but sometimes it can cause me to dislocate my shoulder. It\u2019s been quite irritated but I\u2019ve got a good medical team and physiotherapists to help me get through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith said she was incredibly pleased with her swim, admitting she didn&#8217;t believe she had that fast a swim in her under the illness circumstances that have besieged her team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis was my third fastest swim ever&#8230; It was a really good execution, and at the end of the day, America as a whole had the odds stacked against us. We had a really unfortunate situation happen to us during a training camp, and I did not think I was going to go 57.35.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo come up with a silver, I can\u2019t really control the place of the medal, but what I can control is how fast I swim and how well I can do my race, and I think I did an incredible job, especially under the circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>And what she was thinking about just before the race ? <\/em>\u201cI was thinking about the start. During my semifinals swim, my start was my weakest point. I don\u2019t like being beaten off the start, it\u2019s something I take a lot of pride in, so on the start, I was thinking about how I wanted my start to be and how I wanted to feel, and it worked out well, because that was one of my better starts in a while.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze medalist Berkoff said she, too, was really happy with her swim after a tough week, just getting so sick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I finally feel a lot better today. So I was super excited to wake up and feel decent. And I was super happy with that time, given the whole situation,&#8221; said Berkoff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was just trying to execute my own race, just get the details right. It\u2019s been an uncertain week, and I was really happy with how I executed it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_618910\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618910\" data-attachment-id=\"618910\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel\/mckeown_2830\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2830-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609459668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Women&#8217;s Podium 100m backstroke Singapore 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;ALL SMILES: Regan Smith (USA), Kaylee McKeown (AUS) and Katharine Berkoff (USA)  W100bk podium Singapore 2025 Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia) &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2830-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2830-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-618910\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2830-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-618910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PODIUM POSE Regan Smith (USA), Kaylee McKeown (AUS) and Katharine Berkoff (USA) Women&#8217;s 100 backstroke podium Singapore 2025. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>On racing with two athletes who are the best in the event\u2019s history?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s so special. It makes it so much more inspiring,&#8221; Berkoff said. &#8220;I know every year they\u2019re going to be ready to go really fast, have the fastest times in the world, and I want to be there too. It\u2019s just extremely motivational, it\u2019s really cool to be part of that backstroke history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown has won Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-4-finals-kaylee-mckeown-tops-regan-smith-to-repeat-as-100-backstroke-olympic-champion\/\">double individual gold<\/a>\u00a0in both Tokyo and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-day-7-kaylee-mckeown-outduels-regan-smith-in-200-back-in-or\/\">Paris<\/a> while winning four individual world backstroke titles in between and a fifth tonight, having Smith&#8217;s measure every time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her sweep of the 50, 100 and 200-meter events in 2023 made her the first woman to ever pull off that triple for any stroke on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-dominator-kaylee-mckeown-chasing-another-slice-of-backstroking-history-at-singapore-worlds\/\">global level. <\/a>Smith was the silver medallist in all three backstroke events in 2023 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/maturity-and-experience-guided-regan-smith-to-career-year-in-2024\/\">in the 100 and 200 at the Paris Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both women have won previous world titles in the 100m backstroke \u2013 Smith in 2022 in Budapest when McKeown chose not to race as she prepared for the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown won her first 100m title in 2023 when she beat Smith and Berkoff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Canadian <strong>Kyle Masse<\/strong> (fourth in tonight&#8217;s final) won back to back crowns in 2017 and 2019 when fellow Canadian <strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong> (7th tonight) finished fourth and McKeown fifth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKeown has never been beaten since, winning every major 100m backstroke final over the last six years, including those two Olympic gold medals in 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to times, Smith holds the world record at 57.13, set at the 2024 Olympic Trials, and also the third-fastest time, 57.28, swum in Paris when she set a new Olympic record leading off the U.S. gold medal-winning medley relay.<\/p>\n<p>T<strong>he Fastest Top 12 Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>57.13WR Regan Smith (2024 Olympic Trials)<\/p>\n<p>57.16 Kaylee McKeown (2025 Worlds)<\/p>\n<p>57.28 Regan Smith (2024 Olympics)<\/p>\n<p>57.33 Kaylee McKeown (2023, World Cup)<\/p>\n<p>57.33 Kaylee McKeown (2024, Olympics)<\/p>\n<p>57.35 Regan Smith (2025. Worlds)<\/p>\n<p>57.41 Kaylee McKeown (2021, Olympic Trials)<\/p>\n<p>57.45 Kaylee McKeown (2021, Olympic Trials)<\/p>\n<p>57.46 Regan Smith (2025, TYR)<\/p>\n<p>57.47 Kaylee McKeown (2024, Olympic Trials)<\/p>\n<p>57.47 Kaylee McKeown (2020, Olympics)<\/p>\n<p>57.50 Kaylee McKeown (2023, World Trials)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_618911\" style=\"width: 843px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618911\" data-attachment-id=\"618911\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel\/mckeown_1922\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1922-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609459439&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kaylee McKeown and coach Michael Sage Singapore 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;SEIZING THE MOMENT: Coach Michael Sage and Kayleen McKeown embrace post her win in the 100m backstroke, Singapore 2025. hoto Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia) &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1922-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1922-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-618911\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_1922-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"833\" height=\"595\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-618911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SEIZING THE MOMENT: Coach Michael Sage and Kaylee McKeown embrace post her win in the 100m backstroke, Singapore 2025. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_618913\" style=\"width: 833px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-618913\" data-attachment-id=\"618913\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-championships-day-3-finals-australias-unstoppable-kaylee-mckeown-edges-regan-smith-in-another-classic-100-backstroke-duel\/mckeown_2135\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2135-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1609459596&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kaylee McKeown after winning W100m bk Singapore 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;THT&#8217;S WHAT I&#8217;M TALKING ABOUT: Kaylee McKeown enjoying the moment. Photo Courtesy Delly Carr (Swimming Australia) &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2135-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2135-1024x683.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-618913\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/McKeown_2135-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"823\" height=\"588\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-618913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THAT&#8217;S WHAT I&#8217;M TALKING ABOUT: Kaylee McKeown enjoying the gold medal swim in the 100m backstroke. 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