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- ↑ "Freestyle Skiing - Athlete Profile: Troy MURPHY - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ↑ "Maine Olympic skier punks Sunday River and its hilarious".
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