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- ↑ "Francophone Games". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ↑ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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- ↑ "Canadian Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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