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- ↑ Arctic Circle Race 2012 without the Slettemarks, press release, acr.gl, retrieved 11 February 2015
- ↑ Final Results Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine , Biathlon World Championships 2012 – Women's sprint
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