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- ↑ "Judith Bain Olympic results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ↑ "Fencing Foil Team – Women Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
