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	Rathore served as a commissioned officer in [[The Grenadiers]] regiment of the [[Indian Army]] before retiring in 2013 as a [[Colonel (India)\|colonel]]. Following his retirement from the army and shooting, he became the member of the parliament for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2014.		Rathore served as a commissioned officer in [[The Grenadiers]] regiment of the [[Indian Army]] before retiring in 2013 as a [[Colonel (India)\|colonel]]. Following his retirement from the army and shooting, he became the member of the parliament for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2014.

	In November 2014, was made the [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Information and Broadcasting]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Vincent\|first1=Pheroze\|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Olympian finds a place\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-olympian-finds-a-place/article6581209.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\|access-date=28 February 2017\|date=10 November ~~2022~~}}</ref> Rathore served as a [[Cabinet Minister (India)\|Cabinet minister]] with independent charge for [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] from 2017<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Ravinder\|first1=Singh\|title=Sports Minister \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajyavardhan-rathore-appointed-indias-new-sports-minister/articleshow/60348118.cms\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=3 September 2017\|date=3 September ~~2022~~}}</ref> until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history \|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/colonel-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore.html/ \|website=Elections in India}}</ref>		In November 2014, was made the [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Information and Broadcasting]].<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Vincent\|first1=Pheroze\|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Olympian finds a place\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-olympian-finds-a-place/article6581209.ece\|newspaper=The Hindu\|access-date=28 February 2017\|date=10 November 2014}}</ref> Rathore served as a [[Cabinet Minister (India)\|Cabinet minister]] with independent charge for [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] from 2017<ref>{{cite web\|last1=Ravinder\|first1=Singh\|title=Sports Minister \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajyavardhan-rathore-appointed-indias-new-sports-minister/articleshow/60348118.cms\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=3 September 2017\|date=3 September 2017}}</ref> until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history \|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/colonel-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore.html/ \|website=Elections in India}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	His educational qualifications include B.A., Instructor-Weapons (MMG, AGL, Small Arms), Grading Tactics (YO) Course. He was educated at the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy, Pune]] and Infantry School, Mhow.<ref name="Profile"/>		His educational qualifications include B.A., Instructor-Weapons (MMG, AGL, Small Arms), Grading Tactics (YO) Course. He was educated at the [[National Defence Academy (India)\|National Defence Academy, Pune]] and Infantry School, Mhow.<ref name="Profile"/>

	He married Gayatri Rathore on 16 February 1997, she is a doctor by profession in the [[Indian Army]]. They have a son and a daughter.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web \|title=Members : Lok Sabha \|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4782 \|website=164.100.47.194 \|access-date=8 November ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name=ht0917/>		He married Gayatri Rathore on 16 February 1997, she is a doctor by profession in the [[Indian Army]]. They have a son and a daughter.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web \|title=Members : Lok Sabha \|url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4782 \|website=164.100.47.194 \|access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=ht0917/>

	==Military career==		==Military career==
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	At the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Manchester]], Rathore won a gold medal and set a new Commonwealth Games Record of 192 targets out of 200, which still stands. He also won the Team Gold Medal along with [[Moraad Ali Khan]]. Rathore, went on to successfully defend his Commonwealth Champion title by winning the gold medal at the [[Commonwealth Games 2006\|Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006]]. He also won the silver in the Team event with [[Vikram Bhatnagar]]. He won gold medals in two [[World Shooting Championships]], at Sydney in 2004 and Cairo in 2006.		At the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Manchester]], Rathore won a gold medal and set a new Commonwealth Games Record of 192 targets out of 200, which still stands. He also won the Team Gold Medal along with [[Moraad Ali Khan]]. Rathore, went on to successfully defend his Commonwealth Champion title by winning the gold medal at the [[Commonwealth Games 2006\|Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006]]. He also won the silver in the Team event with [[Vikram Bhatnagar]]. He won gold medals in two [[World Shooting Championships]], at Sydney in 2004 and Cairo in 2006.

	Rathore rose to prominence when he won the silver at the [[2004 Summer Olympics\|2004 Athens Olympics]]. It was India's first ever individual silver at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Shooter Rathore strikes silver\|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/17oly-shoot1.htm\|work=rediff.com\|date=17 August ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref name=ht0917>{{citation \|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Olympic silver medallist appointed sports minister \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-olympic-silver-medalist-appointed-sports-minister/story-ONC1nMPYJ81zdYzD0krhMK.html \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|date=3 September 2017 }}</ref>		Rathore rose to prominence when he won the silver at the [[2004 Summer Olympics\|2004 Athens Olympics]]. It was India's first ever individual silver at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Shooter Rathore strikes silver\|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/17oly-shoot1.htm\|work=rediff.com\|date=17 August 2004}}</ref><ref name=ht0917>{{citation \|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Olympic silver medallist appointed sports minister \|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-olympic-silver-medalist-appointed-sports-minister/story-ONC1nMPYJ81zdYzD0krhMK.html \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|date=3 September 2017 }}</ref>

	In 2006, Rathore won a bronze medal in the World Championship in Spain, an event held for the top 12 shooters of the world. He was ranked third in the world for the most of 2003 and 2004 and briefly climbed to the first in early 2004 and second after the Athens Olympics. He won a silver at the World Championship in 2003 in Sydney for India after a gap of nearly 40 years.<ref name=ht0917/> India had not seen a victory since Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won a silver at the 1962 World shooting Championship in Cairo. Rathore is credited with winning the Asian Clay Target gold medal four times in a row from 2003 to 2006. He also holds an Individual bronze medal which was at the [[Asian Games 2006]] in Doha.		In 2006, Rathore won a bronze medal in the World Championship in Spain, an event held for the top 12 shooters of the world. He was ranked third in the world for the most of 2003 and 2004 and briefly climbed to the first in early 2004 and second after the Athens Olympics. He won a silver at the World Championship in 2003 in Sydney for India after a gap of nearly 40 years.<ref name=ht0917/> India had not seen a victory since Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won a silver at the 1962 World shooting Championship in Cairo. Rathore is credited with winning the Asian Clay Target gold medal four times in a row from 2003 to 2006. He also holds an Individual bronze medal which was at the [[Asian Games 2006]] in Doha.
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	==Political career==		==Political career==
	On 10 September 2013, Rathore joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] after taking retirement from the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-10/india/41936132_1_indian-army-narendra-modi-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914051736/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-10/india/41936132_1_indian-army-narendra-modi-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2013\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joins BJP\|date=10 September ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was elected as an [[Member of Parliament\|MP]] in the [[2014 Indian general election\|2014 Lok Sabha election]] from [[Jaipur Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Jaipur Rural]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Narendra Modi to also contest from Vadodara in Lok Sabha Election\|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/narendra-modi-to-also-contest-from-vadodara-in-lok-sabha-election/\|agency=Indo-Asian News Service\|date=19 March 2014\|publisher=news.biharprabha.com\|access-date=19 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as the [[Minister of State]] for Information & Broadcasting, under the [[Narendra Modi]] [[First Modi ministry\|government]].		On 10 September 2013, Rathore joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] after taking retirement from the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-10/india/41936132_1_indian-army-narendra-modi-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914051736/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-10/india/41936132_1_indian-army-narendra-modi-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=14 September 2013\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|title=Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joins BJP\|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> He was elected as an [[Member of Parliament\|MP]] in the [[2014 Indian general election\|2014 Lok Sabha election]] from [[Jaipur Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Jaipur Rural]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Narendra Modi to also contest from Vadodara in Lok Sabha Election\|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/narendra-modi-to-also-contest-from-vadodara-in-lok-sabha-election/\|agency=Indo-Asian News Service\|date=19 March 2014\|publisher=news.biharprabha.com\|access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as the [[Minister of State]] for Information & Broadcasting, under the [[Narendra Modi]] [[First Modi ministry\|government]].
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	==Awards and recognitions==		==Awards and recognitions==

	* 2005 – [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=21 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		* 2005 – [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
	* 2004{{endash}}2005 – the [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award]] (Highest Sporting Honour of India).		* 2004{{endash}}2005 – the [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award]] (Highest Sporting Honour of India).
	* 2003{{endash}}2004 – [[Arjuna Award]]		* 2003{{endash}}2004 – [[Arjuna Award]]

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[[Colonel]] '''Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore''', {{post-nominals|list=[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]]}}, (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, [[Olympic medallists|Olympic medallist]], former shooting athlete and retired [[Indian Army]] officer. Rathore is a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from [[Jaipur Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur Rural]] seat. He served as the [[Minister of State (Independent Charge)]] for [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] in the [[Government of India]] till May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/colonel-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore.html/|title=Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Biography – About family, political life, awards won, history|website=Elections in India}}</ref>

He won 25 international medals at various championships for [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Double Trap Shooting]] including a silver medal at [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Men's Double Trap event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mib.gov.in/about-us/ministers-profile/col-rajyavardhan-rathore|title=Rathore Medals}}</ref>

Rathore served as a commissioned officer in [[The Grenadiers]] regiment of the [[Indian Army]] before retiring in 2013 as a [[Colonel (India)|colonel]]. Following his retirement from the army and shooting, he became the member of the parliament for the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 2014.

In November 2014, was made the [[Minister of State]] for [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vincent|first1=Pheroze|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Olympian finds a place|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-olympian-finds-a-place/article6581209.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=28 February 2017|date=10 November 2014}}</ref> Rathore was appointed as a [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Cabinet minister]] with independent charge for [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ravinder|first1=Singh|title=Sports Minister |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rajyavardhan-rathore-appointed-indias-new-sports-minister/articleshow/60348118.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=3 September 2017|date=3 September 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rathore was born in [[Jaisalmer]], [[Rajasthan]] to Colonel Lakshman Singh Rathore (Retd) and Manju Rathore on 29 January 1970.<ref name="Profile"/><ref name=ht0917/>

His educational qualifications include B.A., Instructor-Weapons (MMG, AGL, Small Arms), Grading Tactics (YO) Course. He was educated at the [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy, Pune]] and Infantry School, Mhow.<ref name="Profile"/>

He married Gayatri Rathore on 16 February 1997, a doctor by profession in the [[Indian Army]]. They have a son and a daughter.<ref name="Profile">{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4782 |website=164.100.47.194 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=ht0917/>

==Military career==
Rathore is a graduate of the 77th Course of the [[National Defence Academy]].<ref>https://nda.nic.in/ndaaa/eminentpersonality.php</ref> After graduating from the NDA, Rathore attended the [[Indian Military Academy]] where he was awarded with the Sword of Honor for the best all-round Gentleman Cadet. He was also the recipient of the Sikh Regiment Gold Medal, awarded to the best sportsman of the course.<ref name=ht0917/>

He was later commissioned in the 9th Grenadiers (Mewar) Regiment on 15 December 1990. He was promoted to lieutenant on 15 December 1992 and to captain on 15 December 1995.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1871 |date=9 October 1993 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=390 |date=23 March 1996 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> Rathore fought in the [[Kargil War]],<ref name="smart_rather_hard"/> and was promoted to major on 15 December 2000.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=1464 |date=15 December 2001 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> As part of his career in the [[Indian Army]], he served in Jammu and Kashmir, where he participated in counter-terrorist operations. His regiment was awarded with the Army Chief's Citation and the Governor of J&K's Citation for exemplary work.<ref name=ht0917/> He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 16 December 2004,<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2419 |date=3 December 2005 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref> and to his final rank of colonel on 1 May 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Army Branch) |page=2207 |date=27 November 2010 |publisher=The Gazette of India}}</ref>

==Sports career==
At the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Manchester]], Rathore won a gold medal and set a new Commonwealth Games Record of 192 targets out of 200, which still stands. He also won the Team Gold Medal along with [[Moraad Ali Khan]]. Rathore, went on to successfully defend his Commonwealth Champion title by winning the gold medal at the [[Commonwealth Games 2006|Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006]]. He also won the Silver in the Team event with [[Vikram Bhatnagar]]. He won gold medals in two [[World Shooting Championships]], at Sydney in 2004 and Cairo in 2006.

Rathore rose to prominence when he won the silver at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]]. It was India's first ever individual silver at the Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shooter Rathore strikes silver|url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2004/aug/17oly-shoot1.htm|work=rediff.com|date=17 August 2004}}</ref><ref name=ht0917>{{citation |title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Olympic silver medallist appointed sports minister |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-olympic-silver-medalist-appointed-sports-minister/story-ONC1nMPYJ81zdYzD0krhMK.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=3 September 2017 }}</ref>

In 2006, Rathore won a bronze medal in the World Championship in Spain, an event held for the top 12 shooters of the world. He was ranked third in the world for the most of 2003 and 2004 and briefly climbed to the first in early 2004 and second after the Athens Olympics. He won a Silver at the World Championship in 2003 in Sydney for India after a gap of nearly 40 years.<ref name=ht0917/> India had not seen a victory since Karni Singh of Bikaner, who won a Silver at the 1962 World shooting Championship in Cairo. Rathore is accredited for winning the Asian Clay Target Gold Medal for four times in a row from 2003 to 2006. He also holds an Individual Bronze Medal which at the [[Asian Games 2006]] in Doha.

Between 2002 and 2006 he won 25 International Medals at various championships for Double Trap.

In 2011, Rathore participated in the Asian Clay Target Championship in Kuala Lumpur and won gold. His score of 194 in that tournament equals world record.<ref name="ISSF - International Shooting Sport Federation - issf-sports.org" />

==Political career==
On 10 September 2013, Rathore joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] after taking retirement from the [[Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-10/india/41936132_1_indian-army-narendra-modi-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914051736/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-09-10/india/41936132_1_indian-army-narendra-modi-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joins BJP|date=10 September 2013}}</ref> He was elected as an [[Member of Parliament|MP]] in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha election]] from [[Jaipur Rural (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur Rural]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web|title=Narendra Modi to also contest from Vadodara in Lok Sabha Election|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/narendra-modi-to-also-contest-from-vadodara-in-lok-sabha-election/|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|date=19 March 2014|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> On 9 November 2014, he was sworn-in as the [[Minister of State]] for Information & Broadcasting, under the [[Narendra Modi]] [[First Modi ministry|government]].
<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/come-have-breakfast-with-me-and-take-oath-pm-modi-said-rajyavardhan-rathore-to-ndtv-618192
| title = 'Come, Have Breakfast With Me and Take Oath, PM Modi Said': Rajyavardhan Rathore to NDTV
| publisher = [[NDTV]]
| date = 10 November 2014
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</ref> He was appointed as the Minister of Sports on 3 September 2017. In May 2018, he became Minister of State (I/C) for Information & Broadcasting.
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==Awards and recognitions==

* 2005 – [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* 2004{{endash}}2005 – the [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award]] (Highest Sporting Honour of India).
* 2003{{endash}}2004 – [[Arjuna Award]]
* ''[[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]]'' (AVSM), military award for exceptional service, presented by the President of India on behalf of the Government of India.
* Rathore was the chosen [[2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers|flag bearer]] for [[India]] during the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]].<ref>{{cite news|date=2008-08-04|title=ŠRathore to be India's flag bearer in Beijing|publisher=ndtv.com|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/showsports.aspx?id=SPOEN20080060015}}</ref>
* Rathore was the chosen flag bearer for [[India]] during the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
* 1990 – the Sword of Honour (For the Best All Round Officer Cadet at the Indian Military Academy).
* 1990 – the Sikh Regiment Gold Medal (For the Best Sportsmen at the Indian Military Academy).
* 1989 – the "Blazer" (Highest sports award at the National Defence Academy, Pune, India).

===Military awards===
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080727114938/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1819129_1819134_1825951,00.html "Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore"], No 55 on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'''s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
* [http://chillyrathore.blogspot.com/ Weblog maintained by Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore for the 2008 Beijing Olympics]
* [https://archive.today/20130103105714/http://www.indiatwo.com/olympics/Rajyavardhan-Singh-Rathore Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Images & Videos]
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