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- ↑ "Ladies' Giant Slalom Official Results" (PDF). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/tess-arbez-makes-history-ireland-26201973 [ bare URL ]
- ↑ "Alpine skiing - Results Book" (PDF). Retrieved 23 February 2021. Archived 2022-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
