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- ↑ "Olga PILIPOVA Profile & Bio". NBC. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
- ↑ Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games Athens 2004 (2004). Archery Official Results Book (PDF). Retrieved 2010-01-21.
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