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- ↑ "Men's Half Marathon" (PDF). 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ↑ Admin, Runnerstribe (28 August 2022). "The GOAT, Killian Jornet Breaks UTMB Course Record". Runner's Tribe. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ↑ Metzler, Brian (27 June 2023). "How Tom Evans Won the Western States 100". Trail Runner Magazine. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Kilian Jornet supreme at UTMB as Britain's Tom Evans makes podium". AW. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
