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- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
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