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- ↑ "Hysen Pulaku: overview". London 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- 1 2 "Hysen Pulaku becomes first doping cheat of London Olympics". The Times of India . Reuters . Retrieved 28 July 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic drugs test: Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku banned". 28 July 2012.
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