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- ↑ "2015 UCI BMX World Championships: Entries list". tissottiming.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Deutsche BMX-Fahrer für Rio qualifiziert" [German BMX racers qualified for Rio] (in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten. 30 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ "Cycling: Women's BMX Semifinal – Heat 2". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "Deutsche nicht in BMX-Endläufen dabei" [Germans failed to participate in the BMX final] (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
