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102:31 May 1931
78:Flying Fish
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1799:Categories
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1315:Yanagidate
1056:Jo O-ryeon
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648:(archived)
388:References
330:Early life
98:1931-05-31
1667:Matsumoto
1487:Shun. Ito
1343:Huang Gua
1339:Huang Guo
1164:Fei Liwei
1083:Wang Dali
607:Olympedia
521:20 August
487:19 August
482:0585-3923
326:in 1999.
150:Freestyle
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105:Singapore
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363:Helsinki
361:held in
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