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- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jorma Taipale Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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