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- ↑ "Skateboarding Asia Lanzi - Tokyo 2020 Olympics" . Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ↑ "Skateboarding - Women's Street Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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