The Olympic champion Rosa Mota broke this Sunday, in the Spanish city of Valencia, the half marathon world record for athletes between 65 and 69 years old, by running 21,097 kilometers in 1:25.52 hours.
Rosa Mota, 65, Olympic marathon champion in Seoul 1988, in South Korea, and bronze in Los Angeles 1984, in the United States, had already broken the distance record this month in Riga, Latvia, by running the distance in 1: 26.06 hours.
The veteran athlete from the Porto Athletics Center (CAP) finished the race in 104th position, among 6,528 women, with partial records of 20.05 minutes in 5 km, 40.17 in 10 km, 1:00.37 hours in 15 km and 1:25.52 in 20 km.
Rosa Mota, considered the best Portuguese marathoner of all time, in addition to the Olympic title in the Korean capital, was also the world marathon champion in Rome (1987) and the European marathon champion in Athens (1982), Stuttgart (1986). and Split. (1990).
His achievements include marathon wins in Rotterdam (1983), Chicago (1983 and 1984), Tokyo (1986), Boston (1987, 1988 and 1990), Osaka (1990) and London (1991). She was also world runner-up on the road (15 km) in 1984 and 1986.
Source: TSF
