Domingos Castro, ranked second in the world in the 5000 meters in 1987 and holder of four Olympic Games appearances, today admitted that he is preparing his candidacy for the presidency of the Portuguese Athletics Federation (FPA), as DN reported on November 22.
“I leave you with a single sentence: we are on the right track. Formalization? At the right time you will know. What I can say is that we are on the right track,” he told the Lusa agency, after completing the 29th edition of the São Paulo, Silvestre do Porto race.
The next elections for the FPA’s governing bodies will take place in 2024, but no date has yet been announced. Domingos Castro will lead the race to succeed Jorge Vieira, who was reappointed in 2020 and is serving his third and final term. according to the law.
‘This involvement [da São Silvestre] It gives me a lot of strength. Congratulations to all of you. It is a good thing that the Portuguese people embrace exercise. Even the people who are watching are seeing a very beautiful spectacle and I believe they are motivating themselves so that they will run in the next edition of this race, or maybe in a few days,” he said.
Domingos Castro ran through emblematic streets of Porto during the 10 kilometer race, while his twin brother Dionísio Casto took part in the 5,000 meter walk, with these two races involving 12,000 registered athletes of 47 different nationalities.
“What I experienced today is exciting. It even reminded me of the past. I was nervous at the start and I don’t even know why. It was a fantastic race, very beautiful and well organised, in front of a great audience and with an exceptional coverage,” he said. .
Domingos Castro, 60 years old, reached the final of the 5,000 meters at the Olympic Games of Seoul 1988 (fourth place) and Barcelona 1992 (11th), an edition in which he ultimately had to give up the 10,000 meters, after also improving in the 1996 Atlanta Marathons (25th) and Sydney2000 (18th).
Vice world champion in the 5,000 meters in 1987, came fifth in the European 10,000 (1986), second at the World Road Relay Championships (1992) and the European Cross Country Championships (1994) and won the Paris (1995) and Rotterdam marathons (1997).
In internal competitions, Domingos Castro became champion of Portugal in the 5,000 meters (four times), the 10,000 (four times) and cross-country (five) and has been the record holder for the distances of 20 and 25 kilometers since 1999 and 1996. .
Source: DN
