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- ↑ "Marathon women". IAAF. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ↑ "Women's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
