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- ↑ "Women Javelin Throw European Championships 1986 Stuttgart (GER)". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ World women's all-time best javelin (old type) - last updated 2001
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