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Something wrong?Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes is a Portuguese former long-distance runner and world-record holder in the marathon.
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, I was surprised to win. I thought I would finish no higher than fifth. My previous highest position at the World Cross Country Championships was 24th [in 1973].
As I watched my elbow go through the windshield, I thought, ‘There goes the Olympics’. “I was lucky not to be seriously injured.
I receive this with pleasure and joy. It is recognition of several years dedicated to sport with soul, heart and demeanor. I think people recognize these values and principles.
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Carlos Alberto de Sousa Lopes is a Portuguese former long-distance runner and world-record holder in the marathon. He won the marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming Portugal's first Olympic gold medalist, the oldest ever Olympic marathon winner at the age of 37, and setting an Olympic record for the event which stood for 24 years. On 20 April 1985, Lopes set the men's marathon world record at 2:07:12 at the Rotterdam Marathon. At club level, he competed for Sporting CP.
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