“I don’t remember anything,” said the Portuguese athlete.
Portuguese Sara Moreira fainted during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics marathon after traveling 21 kilometers, the athlete explained after receiving medical attention while still on site in Sapporo.
“I do not know what happened. I remember how the half marathon went, because about 18 kilometers I stopped to go to the bathroom, but then I started to run and fell to the side, I don’t remember anything, ”the athlete said. from Santo Tirso to Lusa agency.
In the mixed zone, Sara Moreira was supported by a member of the national staff after leaving the course in a wheelchair, inanimate, according to Lusa on the spot, at a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius.
“I’m fine now, as much as possible. I know I covered 21 kilometers, but I don’t know when I fell, ”said the 35-year-old marathon runner who was in 75th place at the time. , 03.27 minutes. From a group of 12 athletes leading the race.
Sara Moreira finished her fourth Olympic run in physical difficulty after retiring from the 2016 Rio marathon, finishing 14th in the 10,000 meters in London 2012 and 22nd in the 3,000 meters from barriers in Beijing 2008.
The Sporting athlete was European Half Marathon Champion in 2016 and third and fourth in the New York Marathon in 2014 and 2015, respectively, securing her presence in Tokyo 2020 with a record 02:26.42 hours in Twente. , Netherlands, April 18, 2021
Still in the competition – scheduled to start at 06:00 local time (22:00 in Lisbon) due to the intense heat forecast – Portuguese athlete Carla Salome Rocha, who competed for the first time in the marathon, finished 26th. 10,000 meters at Rio’2016 and newcomer Sara Catarina Ribeiro.
