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- ↑ "Tokyo Olympics | Team SA: The FULL list of athletes heading for Japan". The South African. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ↑ "Van Niekerk and Le Clos named in South African team heading to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "St Anne's head waterpolo coach is off to the Olympics (News: 28 Jun 2021)". MyComLink. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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