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- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 22, 2000)". Sydney 2000 . ESPN . Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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