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- ↑ Lomong, Lopez, and Mark Tabb. 2012. Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9781595555151
- ↑ Cody Bashore. 2017. Learning to love running, NAU's Peter Lomong makes a name for himself.
