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- ↑ "Jana ANGELAKIS - Olympic Fencing | United States of America". International Olympic Committee. June 13, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
- ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
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