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- 1 2 Lisa Marangon breaks drought
- ↑ ITU World Long Distance Series Women's standings, 11/12/2009
- ↑ "Australian to receive four-year ban for doping". Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ Challenge Melbourne 2016 Results