Portugal Athletics

Injury-plagued Rosa Mota, the 1988 Olympic women's marathon champion, said she would not compete in Barcelona. In a statement sent to national news agency Lusa, the Portuguese runner said she is not fit enough to train. Mota, who won the 1991 London Marathon, retired from this year's race because of stomach pains. She also pulled out of the World Championships in Tokyo last September.

Injury-plagued Rosa Mota, the 1988 Olympic women's marathon champion, said she would not compete in Barcelona. In a statement sent to national news agency Lusa, the Portuguese runner said she is not fit enough to train. Mota, who won the 1991 London Marathon, retired from this year's race because of stomach pains. She also pulled out of the World Championships in Tokyo last September.

The woman who was advised none too politely by her countrymen to forget running and start raising a family today is receiving love sonnets from the Portugese. Rosa Mota, who became the first woman from Portugal to win a medal when she finished third in the first Olympic women's marathon 4 years ago in Los Angeles, won the 26.2-mile race Friday in 2 hours 25 minutes 40 seconds, a respectable time considering the heat, humidity and Seoul's smog-filled air.

The woman who was advised none too politely by her countrymen to forget running and start raising a family today is receiving love sonnets from the Portugese. Rosa Mota, who became the first woman from Portugal to win a medal when she finished third in the first Olympic women's marathon 4 years ago in Los Angeles, won the 26.2-mile race Friday in 2 hours 25 minutes 40 seconds, a respectable time considering the heat, humidity and Seoul's smog-filled air.