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- ↑ 1998 results on ISU web site
- ↑ Litsky, Frank (December 13, 1999). "FIGURE SKATING; Lights! Cameras! Axels! Soaring to Hypes". The New York Times.
- ↑ The "Stars of the 1980 Winter Olympics" team: Linda Fratianne, Emi Watanabe, Robin Cousins, Charles Tickner, Babilonia & Gardner, and Regoczy & Sallay
- ↑ The 1981 "All Stars" team: Dorothy Hamill, Janet Lynn, John Curry, Toller Cranston, The Protopopovs, and Starbuck & Shelley
- ↑ The 1982 "Pro Stars" team: Janet Lynn, Linda Fratianne, Don Jackson, Charles Tickner, Babilonia & Gardner, The Bezics, and Regoczy & Sallay
- ↑ 1983 team winners: Dorothy Hamill, Dianne de Leeuw, Toller Cranston, John Carlow, The Protopopovs, Starbuck & Shelley, and Wighton & Dowding
- ↑ 1984 team winners: Rosalynn Sumners, Elaine Zayak, Scott Hamilton, Norbert Schramm, The Carruthers, Underhill & Martini, Torvill & Dean, and Fox & Dalley
- ↑ 1985 team winners: Dorothy Hamill, Linda Fratianne, Robin Cousins, The Protopopovs, Babilonia & Gardner, and Blumberg & Seibert
- ↑ "World Professional Figure Skating Championships (Jaca, Spain)". Golden Skate.