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- ↑ World men's all-time best discus (last updated 2001)
- 1 2 Sergey Lukashok at World Athletics
- ↑ "Israeli Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ↑ "Men World Championship 1993 Stuttgart (GER)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ↑ "Men Discus World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ↑ "Men Discus Throw European Championships 1994 Helsinki (FIN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
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