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- ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Jonny Mellor & Georgina Schwiening named in England team". BBC. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ↑ "Athlete Profile". www.thepowerof10.info. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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