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- ↑ "Swim coach Thompson stood down". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ Paxinos, Stathi (20 March 2013). "Head coach Leigh Nugent quits, says Swimming Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ "Where it went wrong for Leigh Nugent". The Courier-Mail. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2018.