Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ dị afọ iri atọ na ise, Gomes mere ọkwa mbụ ya maka 2008 Summer Olympics na Beijing, ebe ọ gbara asọmpi na
marathon ụmụ nwoke, ya na onye otu ya Hélder Ornelas. Ọ gara nke ọma n'ọsọ nke iri atọ site na sekọnd anọ n'azụ Russia Oleg Kulkov, na oge nke 2:18:15.