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- ↑ "Save the date - Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships 2013 - Royal Life Saving". Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
- ↑ COMMONWEALTH LIFESAVING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
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