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- ↑ "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 50m Breaststroke start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ↑ "Women's 50 metre breaststroke – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
