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- ↑ "Armenian shot putter competing for Georgia at Tokyo 2020".
- ↑ "Benik Abrahamyan". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 24, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Men's Shot Put - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 7, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ Lloyd, Owen (10 September 2022). "Georgian shot put record-holder Abramyan given seven-year doping ban". Insidethegames. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
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