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Two of the acrobats remained in critical condition Monday. Public safety officials had said several performers on the ground also were injured in the accident Sunday, although Stephen Payne, a spokesman for Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros., said Monday that only one person on the ground was injured. None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening, he said.

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