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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def request_span(request: Request, request_key: str = REQUEST_AIOZIPKIN_KEY) -> SpanAbc: """Returns span created by middleware from request context, you can use it as parent on next child span. """

    return cast(SpanAbc, request[request_key])