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- ↑ "2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 meters freestyle relay – final results" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ↑ "2024 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 meters freestyle relay – heats results" . Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ↑ "2024 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 meters freestyle relay – final results" . Retrieved 2024-07-21.