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- ↑ "Olympic Athlete Pays Visit To Wrexham Swimming Club". Wrexham.com. Wrexham Dotcom Limited. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ "Masempe Theko". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
