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- ↑ "Mark Sherwin Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ "Team Cook Islands". cookislands.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
