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- 1 2 "Soviet Championships". www.gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ↑ "Lawrence Lewis Launch 87 Campaign, Ohio Race Walker" (PDF). Ohio Race Walker. XXII (12). Columbus, Ohio. February 1987.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "Ohio Racewalker" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-26.
- ↑ "Women's 10km road walk". www.alltime-athletics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ↑ Results (p. 522)
