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- ↑ Lea, Halvor (15 July 2016). "Olympiatoppen tok ut 19 utøvere i siste uttak til Paralympics og OL i Rio" (in Norwegian). Olympiatoppen. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Holmlund, Tor Bjørnar (27 July 2016). "Frykter søppel og bakterier i OL-banen i Rio". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 July 2016.
