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- ↑ 2010 Rankings pg 3 Archived 12 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation (CWF) Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ Weightlifting federation awards cash prizes among medallists [ permanent dead link ] Business Day. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ Sanctioned Athletes iwf.net 2012
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