Australia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

Australia at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics

IOC code| AUS
NOC| Australian Olympic Committee
Website| http://www.olympics.com.au/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors| 90 in 27 sports
Medals
Ranked 11th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Youth Olympics appearances

* 2010
* 2014
* 2018

Australia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.[1]

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Jason Hurnall | Boys' individual | 663  | 17  |  Benitez (PAR)
L 4–6  | did not advance  | 17
Laura Paeglis | Girls' individual | 629  | 22  |  Canales (ESP)
L 2–6  | did not advance  | 17

Team
Athletes  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM | Rank

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Jason Hurnall (AUS)
Milena Gațco (MDA) | Mixed team | 1301  | 10  |  Trydvornava (BLR)
Ovchynnikov (UKR)
L 3–5  | did not advance  | 17
Laura Paeglis (AUS)
Youssof Tolba (EGY) | 1299  | 17  |  Giannasio (ARG)
Soithong (THA)
L 2–6  | did not advance  | 17

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Track

Athlete  | Event  | Stage 1  | Stage 2  | Final Placing

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Keegan Bell | Men's 400m | 49.58  | 2  | 49.05  | 3  | 9
Anthony Vlatko | Men's 800m | 1:54.34  | 4  | 1:54.34  | 8  | 8
Luke Young | Men's 1500m/Cross Country | 3:55.28  | 5  | 12:28  | 26  |
Thomas Throssell | Men's 400m Hurdles | 54.22  | 4  | 53.27  | 1  | 7
Keely Small | Women's 800m | 2:05.68  | 1  | 2:04.76  | 1  |
Jaylah Hancock-Cameron | Women's 1500m/Cross Country | 4:18.44  | 2  | 13:16  | 9  |
Sophie White | Women's 100m Hurdles | 13.39  | 2  | 13.01  | 3  | 2
Jamie Hiscock | Women's 2000m Steeplechase/Cross Country | 6:39.62  | 5  | 14:04  | 26  | 5

Field

Athlete  | Event  | Stage 1  | Stage 2  | Final Placing

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Oscar Miers | Men's High Jump | 2.05  | 7  | 2.22  | 2  |
Joshua Cowley | Men's Long Jump | 7.71  | 1  | 7.82  | 2  |
Elizabeth Moss | Women's High Jump | 1.78  | 4  | 1.82  | 3  | 4
Sally Shokry | Women's Discus Throw | 44.56  | 11  | 46.79  | 8  | 10
Rochelle Vicller | Women's Hammer Throw | 60.76  | 11  | 56.45  | 12  | 10

## Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM | Rank

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Zecily Fung | Women's singles |  Huang (TPE)
L (12–21, 11–21)  |  Lima (BRA)
L (11–21, 21–15, 17–21)  |  Lindes (NED)
W (23–21, 21–19)  | 4  | did not advance  | 9

Team
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM | Rank

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score
Team Theta
Zecily Fung (AUS)
Julien Carraggi (BEL)
Mohamed Mostafa Kamel (EGY)
Kodai Naraoka (JPN)
Lukas Resch (GER)
Jaqueline Lima  (BRA)
Hirari Mizui (JPN)
Tereza Švábíková (CZE) | Mixed Teams |  Sigma (MIX)
L (100–110)  |  Omega (MIX)
L (100–110)  |  Gamma (MIX)
L (107–110)  | 4Q |  Delta (MIX)
W (110–93)  |  Alpha (MIX)
L (90–110)  |  Zeta (MIX)
W (110–107)  |

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Girls' tournament |  Netherlands
W 11–7  |  Czech Republic
W 15–11  |  Spain
L 7–12  |  Estonia
W 19–15  |  Ukraine
W 16–6  |  France
L 20–19  |  China
W 16–13  |

## Beach volleyball

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Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Oceania U19 Championship.[2]

* Boys' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes
* Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athletes  | Event  | Preliminary round  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Mark Nicolaidis
James Takken | Boys' |  Zuliani–J.Pedro (BRA)
W 2–1
Calvo–Chacon (BOL)
W 2–0

de Groot–Immers (NED)
L 0–2

|  Bello–Bello (GBR)
L 0–2  | did not advance
Tiaan Smith
Lauren Taylor | Girls' |  Newberry–Sparks (USA)
L 0–2

Villar–Churin (ARG)
L 0–2
Baumann–Betschart (SUI)
L 0–2

| did not advance

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia selected three athletes to compete based on their performance at the 2018 Youth Oceania Confederation Boxing Championships.[1]

* Boys' -69 kg - Kiwa King
* Boys' +91 kg - Jai Dennis
* Girls' -60 kg - Emma Lawson

Summary

Key:

* RSC – Referee stops contest.
* NC – No contest.

Boys
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Semifinals  | Final / BM / PM

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Round 1  | Round 2
Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Jai Ropata Dennis | 91+ kg |  Egy Elsawy Awad Elbaz (EGY)
L RSC  |  Dronov (RUS)
L 0–5  | —  |  Tuigamala (SAM)
T NC  | 5

Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Emma Lawson | -60 kg |  Aramokola (NGR)
W 5–0  |  Buapa (THA)
L 0–5  |  Saputo (ARG)
L 0–5  | 4

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.[3]

* Girls' K1 - Jenaya Massie

Summary
Girls
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Repechage  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM | Rank

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Jenaya Massie
K1 sprint | 2:02.43  | 12 Q | 1:28.08  | 4 Q |  Sukhanova (KAZ)
L 2:04.300  | did not advance  | 11
K1 slalom | 1:30.34  | 16 Q | 1:28.08  | 4 Q |  Lewandowski (GER)
L 1:27.580  | did not advance  | 10

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Matthew Carter competed in the boys' 3m springboard event and Alysha Koloi competed in the girls' 3m springboard event.

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.[4]

* Individual Jumping - Madeline Sinderberry

Summary
Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Qualification  | Final  | Total

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round A  | Round B
Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank  | Penalties  | Total  | Rank  | Penalties  | Rank
Madi Sinderberry | Zambo  | Individual | —  | 0  | =1 Q | 4  | 4  | 9r  | 4  | 9
Mix Australasia
Almarzooqi (UAE)
Najafinia (IRI)
Burnett-Grant (NZL)
Alqashouti (QAT)
Sinderberry (AUS) |
La Corina Lala
La Trinidad
Milagro Maximo
Pietro
Zambo  | Team | 24  | =1 Q | 36  | 60  | 5  | —  | 60  | 4

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[5]

* Boys' Foil - Robert Ciccarelli
* Girls' Foil - Giorgia Salmas

## Golf

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Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Total

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank  | Score  | Par  | Rank
Grace Kim | Girls' Individual | 71 (+1)  | 2  | 69 (-1)  | 140  | 1  | 71 (+1)  | 211  | 2  | 211  | +1  |
Karl Vilips | Boys' Individual | 69 (-1)  | 1  | 68 (-2)  | 137  | 1  | 69 (-1)  | 206  | 3  | 206  | -4  |

Team
Athletes  | Event  | Round 1
(Fourball)  | Round 2
(Foursome)  | Round 3
(Individual Stroke)  | Total

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Girl  | Boy  | Total  | Rank  | Score  | Par  | Rank
Grace Kim
Karl Vilips | Mixed team | 65 (-5)  | 10  | 71 (+1)  | 6  | 76  | 72  | 148 (+8)  | 16  | 284  | +4  | 9

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

### Artistic

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Australia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship.[6]

* Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

### Rhythmic

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Australia qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship.[6]

* Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - Lidiia Iakovleva

### Trampoline

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Australia qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship.[6]

* Boys' trampoline - Liam Christie
* Girls' trampoline - Jessica Pickering

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[7]

* Boys' Individual - Keaan Van Venrooij
* Girls' Individual - Nikita Mawhirt

## Roller speed skating

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Main article: Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.[8]

* Boys' combined speed event - Alexander Myint
* Girls' combined speed event - Giselle Stogdale

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.[9] They would also qualify a girls' single sculls boat at the Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualification event.[10]

* Boys' single sculls - Cormac Kennedy-Leverett
* Girls' single sculls - Taylor McCarthy-Smith

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two boats based on its performance at the Oceania Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. They also qualified another boat at the 2018 World Nacra 15 Championship. A quota in the IKA Twin Tip Racing was achieved at the Asian and Oceania IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.[11]

* Boys' Techno 293+ - Alex Halank
* Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - Mani Bisschops
* Girls' Techno 293+ - Hailey Lea
* Mixed Nacra 15 - Will Cooley & Evie Haseldine

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified three sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Oceania Championships.[12]

* Boys' 10m Air Rifle - Alex Hoberg
* Girls' 10m Air Rifle - Victoria Rossiter
* Girls' 10m Air Pistol - Olivia Erickson

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Alex Hoberg | Boys' 10 metre air rifle | 623.4  | 4  | 183.9  | 5
Victoria Rossiter | Girls' 10 metre air rifle | 624.3  | 4  | 118.9  | 8
Olivia Kate Erickson | Girls' 10 metre air pistol | 553-5  | 14  | did not advance

Team
Athletes  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM | Rank

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Points  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Victoria Michelle Venning Rossiter (AUS)
Hayk Babayan (ARM) | Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle | 826.0  | 3  |  Janssen (GER)
Mudiyanselage (SRI)
W 10-9  |  Dereviagina (RUS)
Ramírez Ramos (MEX)
L 4-10  | did not advance
Farida Darwish (EGY)
Alex Chresten Hoberg (AUS) | 825.9  | 5  |  Benetti (ITA)
Mahardika (INA)
L 6-10  | did not advance
Olivia Kate Erickson (AUS)
Pavel Schejbal (CZE) | Mixed 10 metre air pistol | 749-12  | 7  |  al-Kaabi (IRQ)
Son (BEL)
L 9-10  | did not advance

## Sport climbing

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Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Oceania Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[13]

* Boys' combined - Ned Middlehurst

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia selected 8 athletes (4 boys and 4 girls) to compete in swimming.[1]

Boys

* Lewis Blackburn
* Ashton Brinkworth
* Joseph Jackson
* Stuart Swinburn

Girls

* Chelsea Hodges
* Kaylee McKeown
* Michaela Ryan
* Abbey Webb

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

## Triathlon

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Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[14]

Individual
Athlete  | Event  | Swim (750m)  | Trans 1  | Bike (20 km)  | Trans 2  | Run (5 km)  | Total Time  | Rank

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Joshua Ferris | Boys | 10:49  | 0:31  | 28:28  | 0:29  | 16:51  | 57:08  | 18
Charlotte Derbyshire | Girls | 10:35  | 0:45  | 31:21  | 0:31  | 19:24  | 1:02:36  | 18

Relay
Athlete  | Event  | Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km) | Total Group Time  | Rank

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Oceania 1
Charlotte Derbyshire (AUS)
Dylan McCullough (NZL)
Brea Roderick (NZL)
Joshua Ferris (AUS) | Mixed Relay | 22:26 (5)
19:51 (1)
23:00 (2)
21:15 (2)  | 1:26:32  |

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boy
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Jett Gaffney | −62 kg | 88  | 12  | 112  | 12  | 200  | 12

Girl
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Maddison Power | −53 kg | 60  | 7  | 77  | 7  | 137  | 7

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Australia qualified one athlete based on their performance at the 2018 Oceania Cadet Championships.[15]

Key:

* VSU – Without any point scored by the opponent

Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Final / RM | Rank

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score
Thomas Barns | Boys' freestyle −110kg |  Zare (IRI)
L 0 – 11 VSU |  Khalil (EGY)
L 0 – 10 VSU | 3 Q |  Velinov (MKD)
W 10 – 0 VSU | 5

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Buenos Aires 2018 – Selected Athletes". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
2. ^ "Australia, New Zealand Share Honours In Oceania Qualification For YOG and U19 WCh". Asian Volleyball Confederation. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
3. ^ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut". International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. ^ "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires - 2018" (PDF). FEI. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
5. ^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
6. ^ a b c "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
7. ^ "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Asia/Oceania". UIPM. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
8. ^ "Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes"". FIRS. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
9. ^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
10. ^ "A welcome to Kiribati as Oceania goes for YOG qualification". FISA. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
11. ^ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
12. ^ "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
13. ^ "Oceania Youth Championship Combined Results" (PDF). IFSC. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
14. ^ "Results: 2018 New Plymouth OTU Triathlon Oceania YOG Qualifier and Junior Oceania Championships". ITU. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
15. ^ "2018 Oceania Championships". UWW. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

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* Algeria
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* Burkina Faso
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* Central African Republic
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