Deadspin | Phillies place RHP Zach Pop (calf) on injured list Apr 12, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Zach Pop (56) throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images The Phillies placed right-hander Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right calf strain. The move is retroactive to Monday for the 29-year-old reliever, who has no decisions and a 3.68 ERA through seven appearances this season. Pop is 8-6 with a 4.83 ERA in 170 career games (one start) with the Miami Marlins (2021-22), Toronto Blue Jays (2022-24), Seattle Mariners (2025), New York Mets (2025) and Phillies. Philadelphia recalled left-hander Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding move ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. Backhus, 28, has appeared in four games this season for the Phillies, giving up three runs on four hits in three innings of work. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Phillies #place #RHP #Zach #Pop #calf #injured #list

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Deadspin | Phillies place RHP Zach Pop (calf) on injured list Apr 12, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Zach Pop (56) throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images The Phillies placed right-hander Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right calf strain. The move is retroactive to Monday for the 29-year-old reliever, who has no decisions and a 3.68 ERA through seven appearances this season. Pop is 8-6 with a 4.83 ERA in 170 career games (one start) with the Miami Marlins (2021-22), Toronto Blue Jays (2022-24), Seattle Mariners (2025), New York Mets (2025) and Phillies. Philadelphia recalled left-hander Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding move ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. Backhus, 28, has appeared in four games this season for the Phillies, giving up three runs on four hits in three innings of work. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Phillies #place #RHP #Zach #Pop #calf #injured #listApr 12, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Zach Pop (56) throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

The Phillies placed right-hander Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right calf strain.

The move is retroactive to Monday for the 29-year-old reliever, who has no decisions and a 3.68 ERA through seven appearances this season.


Pop is 8-6 with a 4.83 ERA in 170 career games (one start) with the Miami Marlins (2021-22), Toronto Blue Jays (2022-24), Seattle Mariners (2025), New York Mets (2025) and Phillies.

Philadelphia recalled left-hander Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding move ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs.

Backhus, 28, has appeared in four games this season for the Phillies, giving up three runs on four hits in three innings of work.


–Field Level Media

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Apr 12, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Zach Pop (56) throws a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images

The Phillies placed right-hander Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right calf strain.

The move is retroactive to Monday for the 29-year-old reliever, who has no decisions and a 3.68 ERA through seven appearances this season.

Pop is 8-6 with a 4.83 ERA in 170 career games (one start) with the Miami Marlins (2021-22), Toronto Blue Jays (2022-24), Seattle Mariners (2025), New York Mets (2025) and Phillies.

Philadelphia recalled left-hander Kyle Backhus from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding move ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Cubs.

Backhus, 28, has appeared in four games this season for the Phillies, giving up three runs on four hits in three innings of work.

–Field Level Media

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A big issue in India is education: WADA I&I director Younger on India’s doping problem <div id="content-body-70869350" itemprop="articleBody"><p>The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has been aggressively pursuing a policy to eliminate the spread of steroids and performance enhancing drugs across the world with its Operation Upstream since 2022. In these efforts, its Director of Intelligence and Investigations (I&I), Gunter Younger, has been the key figure behind the project’s success.</p><p>According to WADA’s own admission, the operation under its Global Anti-Doping Intelligence and Investigations Network (GAIIN) initiative has so far managed to dismantle 88 illicit laboratories and seize almost 90 tons of performance-enhancing drugs – or 1.8 billion doses – involving more than 20 countries and several law-enforcement agencies including the INTERPOL and Europol.</p><p>Younger spoke to <i>Sportstar</i> on a range of subjects on the sidelines of the GAIIN conference in New Delhi.</p><p><i>Excerpts:</i></p><p><b>Q:</b> If we purely look at the Indian context, there are always athletes that get caught and are penalised. However, there is never a deterrence or action against the coaches who actually supply the Performance Enhancing Drugs substances. Is the WADA looking at bringing the coaches and officials also into the ambit of investigations?</p><p><b>A:</b> Yes. It’s been a concern for many years on how to get to the coaches and the doctors involved. The issue we have is that we focus on the athletes, test them. If they test positive, we have a voluntary interview and that’s all we can do. The athlete is actually the victim of the system. The only way to change that is not to go from bottom up. We want a top down impact. We now target the supply chains because the doctors and the coaches need to get the PEDs somewhere. And then we go down and target the coaches, the doctors and protect the athletes, because that is our ultimate goal.</p><p><b>ALSO READ | <a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/world-anti-doping-agency-wada-india-conference-policy-measures-changes-monitoring/article70869167.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WADA admits to doping concerns in India, indicates close monitoring of process</a></b></p><p><b>Q:</b> A cynic would say, if at all an athlete does dope, at least there should be commensurate results to justify it. But India is a strange paradox because despite topping the doping charts repeatedly, there is little by way of sporting achievements. How do you look at this?</p><p><b>A:</b> The thing is, there are two categories of athletes who dope and we have to distinguish between them. One who come into the doping net because of using a contaminated supplement or substance that they are not aware of. There are a lot of reasons, it’s not intentional. These are the ones we would address first through education. That’s always a pity and these are not the ones we want to target. Countries which have a strong education programme have less of these kinds of cases.</p><p>I think a big issue in India is education. You have 22 languages, it’s very complex and I think this is where you need to improve and we want to help. The second type is the sophisticated doper. These are far more high-level, far more advanced, and these are usually the ones hard to get. These are the ones we want to target.</p><p><b>Q:</b> It will always be tempting for officials to look for shortcuts. There’ll always be those more interested in protecting the offenders because it gives them short term results. In such a scenario, can you explain WADA’s working and equations with the different agencies, not just the National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) but others as well, whether it’s the enforcement agencies or the different sports federations?</p><p><b>A:</b> Many international federations now have relations or partnerships with the International Testing Agency, which gives them the independence of testing programmes. It also protects the federations from being accused of perhaps protecting their elite athletes because yes, it’s a conflict. So I think we’re going the right way. And we are also trying, from the other side, through the NADOs, because an athlete can be tested both by a NADO and an international federation. On one hand, they cannot just protect the athletes because the NADO might test them as well. I think the most important way to avoid this conflict is to have a multi-faceted testing process.</p><p><b>ALSO READ | <a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/other-sports/india-doping-sports-wada-conference-minister-mansukh-mandaviya-statement-nada-testing-figures/article70868550.ece" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Doping is no longer an individual act but an organised multinational enterprise: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya</a></b></p><p>The most dangerous part is always the perception. For example, in the case of the Chinese swimmers a few years ago, we from the I&I are focusing on facts. It was clear from our side that it was a contamination case. It was not something they wanted to protect. So we always have to be careful.</p><p>We are not naive. If there are any issues or suspicions, we will go after every country, as we did with Russia.</p><p><b>Q:</b> Every time there’s talk of doping and performance enhancing, talk veers around to the Enhanced Games. How do you look at it?</p><p><b>A:</b> That’s always the ultimate question. Should we let everyone dope? My counter question would be, which age do we start? Do you want a 12-year-old to get doped? Eight-year-old? But for cheaters, it’s in their nature. If you start with 12, they will start doping with nine and eight. I think that’s not the solution. We are completely against it because sport is not just about the elite athletes. Sport is what we are as a society. And we are categorically against any kind of approval or legal recognition for something like that.</p><p><b>Q:</b> With increased advancements in testing, is there a trade-off to be made between correcting the violations of the past and protecting the future?</p><p><b>A:</b> It’s an interesting question because when you look at our sophisticated dopers, they know how to bypass the rules. They use methods and substances that are not known, it’s not always easy to be ahead of these guys because they know exactly what we’re looking for. So this is why we from the I&I are big supporters of long-term storage of samples. Not just because we can catch those dopers a couple of years later. Sometimes it’s painful, especially for the athletes, like with the Russians, after 10 years, they get their medals back.</p><p>But information isn’t always available. Methods of detecting substances is getting better and better. We use them to not only catch the dopers who weren’t detected earlier but also to calibrate the systems in a way that we can detect these kind of things in the future. From an I&I point of view, we push back as much as we can. It’s a circle. Of course, there’s a statute of limitations after 10 years but we try to be better for the future.</p><p class="publish-time" id="end-of-article">Published on Apr 16, 2026</p></div> #big #issue #India #education #WADA #director #Younger #Indias #doping #problem

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Deadspin | Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham now eligible for awards Feb 28, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward/guard Luka Doncic (77) smiles during a break in the action against the Golden State Warriors in the third period at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images Luka Doncic and Cade Cunningham are eligible for postseason awards after winning their challenges to the 65-game rule, the NBA and the players union announced Thursday. Both players had filed “extraordinary circumstances” challenges to a rule that requires players to appear in at least 65 games to be eligible for those honors. Both players are expected to make All-NBA teams and Doncic is a candidate for Most Valuable Player. An independent arbitrator denied a similar challenge from Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, who played in 60 games and will not be eligible for award consideration. Doncic, who finished with 64 games, missed two games in December when he traveled to Slovenia for the birth of his daughter. He also sustained a hamstring strain on April 2 and missed the Los Angeles Lakers’ final five games of the regular season. Cunningham, who also played 64 contests, missed 11 games for the Detroit Pistons from mid-March to early April with a collapsed lung. “The NBA and NBPA agreed that, taking into account the totality of the circumstances for Cunningham and Doncic, each player qualified for awards under the extraordinary circumstances provision in the CBA,” the league and union said in a news release. Doncic, 27, averaged a league-high 33.5 points, 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds in his first full season with the Lakers. Cunningham, 24, averaged 23.9 points, a career-high 9.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds in his fifth season with the Pistons. Edwards, 24, averaged a career-high 28.8 points, 5.0 boards and 3.7 assists in his sixth season with the Timberwolves. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Luka #Doncic #Cade #Cunningham #eligible #awardsFeb 28, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward/guard Luka Doncic (77) smiles during a break in the action against the Golden State Warriors in the third period at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images

Luka Doncic and Cade Cunningham are eligible for postseason awards after winning their challenges to the 65-game rule, the NBA and the players union announced Thursday.

Both players had filed “extraordinary circumstances” challenges to a rule that requires players to appear in at least 65 games to be eligible for those honors.

Both players are expected to make All-NBA teams and Doncic is a candidate for Most Valuable Player.

An independent arbitrator denied a similar challenge from Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, who played in 60 games and will not be eligible for award consideration.

Doncic, who finished with 64 games, missed two games in December when he traveled to Slovenia for the birth of his daughter. He also sustained a hamstring strain on April 2 and missed the Los Angeles Lakers’ final five games of the regular season.


Cunningham, who also played 64 contests, missed 11 games for the Detroit Pistons from mid-March to early April with a collapsed lung.

“The NBA and NBPA agreed that, taking into account the totality of the circumstances for Cunningham and Doncic, each player qualified for awards under the extraordinary circumstances provision in the CBA,” the league and union said in a news release.

Doncic, 27, averaged a league-high 33.5 points, 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds in his first full season with the Lakers.

Cunningham, 24, averaged 23.9 points, a career-high 9.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds in his fifth season with the Pistons.

Edwards, 24, averaged a career-high 28.8 points, 5.0 boards and 3.7 assists in his sixth season with the Timberwolves.

–Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Luka #Doncic #Cade #Cunningham #eligible #awards">Deadspin | Luka Doncic, Cade Cunningham now eligible for awards Feb 28, 2026; San Francisco, California, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward/guard Luka Doncic (77) smiles during a break in the action against the Golden State Warriors in the third period at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: David Gonzales-Imagn Images Luka Doncic and Cade Cunningham are eligible for postseason awards after winning their challenges to the 65-game rule, the NBA and the players union announced Thursday. Both players had filed “extraordinary circumstances” challenges to a rule that requires players to appear in at least 65 games to be eligible for those honors. Both players are expected to make All-NBA teams and Doncic is a candidate for Most Valuable Player. An independent arbitrator denied a similar challenge from Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, who played in 60 games and will not be eligible for award consideration. Doncic, who finished with 64 games, missed two games in December when he traveled to Slovenia for the birth of his daughter. He also sustained a hamstring strain on April 2 and missed the Los Angeles Lakers’ final five games of the regular season. Cunningham, who also played 64 contests, missed 11 games for the Detroit Pistons from mid-March to early April with a collapsed lung. “The NBA and NBPA agreed that, taking into account the totality of the circumstances for Cunningham and Doncic, each player qualified for awards under the extraordinary circumstances provision in the CBA,” the league and union said in a news release. Doncic, 27, averaged a league-high 33.5 points, 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds in his first full season with the Lakers. Cunningham, 24, averaged 23.9 points, a career-high 9.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds in his fifth season with the Pistons. Edwards, 24, averaged a career-high 28.8 points, 5.0 boards and 3.7 assists in his sixth season with the Timberwolves. –Field Level Media #Deadspin #Luka #Doncic #Cade #Cunningham #eligible #awards

The second phase of the Indian Women’s League 2025-26 will kick off on Monday, April 27, in Kolkata, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Thursday.

The proceedings will start with East Bengal FC versus Sribhumi FC, a fixture rescheduled from Phase 1, at the East Bengal Ground on April 27.

Phase 1, which was held from December 20, 2025, to January 9, 2026, saw 27 matches. The league took a hiatus of more than three months to allow player availability for the senior and Under-20 women’s national teams camps for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in March and the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup in April.

A further 29 matches will be played in Phase 2 from April 27 to May 18, with the eight teams playing each other in the second leg of the double round-robin format of the league. The matches will be played in two venues — AIFF National Centre of Excellence and the East Bengal Ground. All matches will kick off at 3pm IST and 7pm IST.

IWL 2025-26 Phase 2 full list of fixtures

East Bengal vs Sribhumi FC – April 27, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

Nita FA vs Kickstart FC – April 30, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Gokulam Kerala vs SESA FA – April 30, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

East Bengal vs Sethu FC – April 30, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

Sribhumi FC vs Garhwal United – April 30, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

SESA FA vs Kickstart FC – May 3, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Nita FA vs Garhwal United – May 3, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

Sethu FC vs Sribhumi FC – May 3, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

East Bengal vs Gokulam Kerala – May 3, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

Garhwal United vs Gokulam Kerala – May 6, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Nita FA vs Sethu FC – May 6, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

SESA FA vs Sribhumi FC – May 6, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

East Bengal vs Kickstart FC – May 6, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

Kickstart FC vs Gokulam Kerala – May 9, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Garhwal United vs Sethu FC – May 9, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

SESA FA vs East Bengal – May 9, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

Sribhumi FC vs Nita FA – May 9, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

Sethu FC vs SESA FA – May 12, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Garhwal United vs Kickstart FC – May 12, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

Sribhumi FC vs Gokulam Kerala – May 12, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

East Bengal vs Nita FA – May 12, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

SESA FA vs Nita FA – May 15, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Gokulam Kerala vs Sethu FC – May 15, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

Sribhumi FC vs Kickstart FC – May 15, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

Garhwal United vs East Bengal – May 15, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

SESA FA vs Garhwal United – May 18, National Centre of Excellence at 3pm IST

Kickstart FC vs Sethu FC – May 18, National Centre of Excellence at 7pm IST

Gokulam Kerala vs Nita FA – May 18, East Bengal Ground at 3pm IST

Sribhumi FC vs East Bengal – May 18, East Bengal Ground at 7pm IST

Defending champion East Bengal FC is currently at the top of the table with 18 points from six games, while Sesa FA and Kickstart FC occupy the relegation spots with one and six points, respectively.

The team with the most points at the end of the season will be crowned champion. On the other hand, the seventh and eighth-placed sides will be relegated to IWL 2 next season.

The top two teams from IWL 2 2025-26 final round will be promoted to IWL 2026-27.

Published on Apr 16, 2026

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Deadspin | Tigers’ Justin Verlander: Recovery ‘slower than expected’ Mar 30, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (35) throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander’s recovery from a hip injury is “going a little slower” than anticipated, manager A.J. Hinch said Thursday. Verlander, 43, landed on the 15-day injured list on April 5 with left hip inflammation. The three-time Cy Young Award winner pitched a bullpen session on Wednesday. “I think he’s doing OK. I don’t think he’s necessarily taking a step forward, and he hasn’t taken a step back,” Hinch said. “He had a bullpen yesterday that went OK. It wasn’t quite to the level that I think he wanted or that we wanted, but it wasn’t a setback of some sort of making things worse. We’re going to take it day by day.” Hinch said Verlander will travel with the team for this weekend’s series at Boston and “will do something there.” “It’s going a little slower than I think he anticipated or we anticipated, but that’s OK,” Hinch continued. “We’ve got to make sure we get this right, because it’s not quite to 100% yet where we can advance to game activity.” Making his first start for Detroit since the 2017 season, Verlander gave up five runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings in his only start so far this season on March 30 at Arizona. He took the loss in a 9-6 setback against the Diamondbacks. Verlander is 266-159 with a 3.33 ERA in 556 career games (all starts) across 21 seasons with the Tigers (2005-17, 2026), Houston Astros (2017-20, 2022-24), New York Mets (2023) and San Francisco Giants (2025). He leads all active pitchers in wins and ranks eighth all-time in strikeouts (3,554). -Field Level Media #Deadspin #Tigers #Justin #Verlander #Recovery #slower #expectedMar 30, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (35) throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images

Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander’s recovery from a hip injury is “going a little slower” than anticipated, manager A.J. Hinch said Thursday.

Verlander, 43, landed on the 15-day injured list on April 5 with left hip inflammation. The three-time Cy Young Award winner pitched a bullpen session on Wednesday.

“I think he’s doing OK. I don’t think he’s necessarily taking a step forward, and he hasn’t taken a step back,” Hinch said. “He had a bullpen yesterday that went OK. It wasn’t quite to the level that I think he wanted or that we wanted, but it wasn’t a setback of some sort of making things worse. We’re going to take it day by day.”


Hinch said Verlander will travel with the team for this weekend’s series at Boston and “will do something there.”

“It’s going a little slower than I think he anticipated or we anticipated, but that’s OK,” Hinch continued. “We’ve got to make sure we get this right, because it’s not quite to 100% yet where we can advance to game activity.”

Making his first start for Detroit since the 2017 season, Verlander gave up five runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings in his only start so far this season on March 30 at Arizona. He took the loss in a 9-6 setback against the Diamondbacks.

Verlander is 266-159 with a 3.33 ERA in 556 career games (all starts) across 21 seasons with the Tigers (2005-17, 2026), Houston Astros (2017-20, 2022-24), New York Mets (2023) and San Francisco Giants (2025). He leads all active pitchers in wins and ranks eighth all-time in strikeouts (3,554).


-Field Level Media

#Deadspin #Tigers #Justin #Verlander #Recovery #slower #expected">Deadspin | Tigers’ Justin Verlander: Recovery ‘slower than expected’ Mar 30, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (35) throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander’s recovery from a hip injury is “going a little slower” than anticipated, manager A.J. Hinch said Thursday. Verlander, 43, landed on the 15-day injured list on April 5 with left hip inflammation. The three-time Cy Young Award winner pitched a bullpen session on Wednesday. “I think he’s doing OK. I don’t think he’s necessarily taking a step forward, and he hasn’t taken a step back,” Hinch said. “He had a bullpen yesterday that went OK. It wasn’t quite to the level that I think he wanted or that we wanted, but it wasn’t a setback of some sort of making things worse. We’re going to take it day by day.” Hinch said Verlander will travel with the team for this weekend’s series at Boston and “will do something there.” “It’s going a little slower than I think he anticipated or we anticipated, but that’s OK,” Hinch continued. “We’ve got to make sure we get this right, because it’s not quite to 100% yet where we can advance to game activity.” Making his first start for Detroit since the 2017 season, Verlander gave up five runs on six hits in 3 2/3 innings in his only start so far this season on March 30 at Arizona. He took the loss in a 9-6 setback against the Diamondbacks. Verlander is 266-159 with a 3.33 ERA in 556 career games (all starts) across 21 seasons with the Tigers (2005-17, 2026), Houston Astros (2017-20, 2022-24), New York Mets (2023) and San Francisco Giants (2025). He leads all active pitchers in wins and ranks eighth all-time in strikeouts (3,554). -Field Level Media #Deadspin #Tigers #Justin #Verlander #Recovery #slower #expected

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