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- ↑ "Wang Yang". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Sailing: Men's Two Person Dinghy -470" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
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