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1778:Ali Hashemi
1013:Yury Vlasov
996:Yury Vlasov
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690:Josef Grafl
622:Josef Grafl
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588:Josef Grafl
571:Josef Grafl
554:Josef Grafl
179:Ангел Попов
171:Angel Popov
134:Asian Games
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95:2000 Sydney
18:Angel Popov
1936:Categories
1744:Ilya Ilyin
1523:Cui Wenhua
1149:Jaan Talts
1132:Yury Kozin
1115:Jaan Talts
860:John Davis
843:John Davis
826:John Davis
809:John Davis
792:John Davis
707:Karl Mörke
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492:1905 (III)
307:2009-01-22
282:2009-01-22
257:2009-01-22
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