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- ↑ "Fernando Vera Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ↑ Caracas Crackdown On Drugs Continue Archived 21 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine , The Palm Beach Post, 26 August 1983
- ↑ Frank Litsky: Chilean Cyclist Is Disqualified, NY Times, 26 August 1983
