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Irina Lyalina, (born February 3, 1968) is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event.
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Irina Lyalina, (born February 3, 1968) is an Uzbekistani sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 500 m event and the semifinals of the K-4 500 m event.
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