The President of the Portuguese Olympic Committee, José Manuel Constantino, does not know the reasons for the athlete’s exclusion; The leader once again criticized Antonio Costa's position regarding the Olympics
José Manuel Constantino stated that Rosa Mota “disappeared” from the position of Vice President of the Portuguese Olympic Committee (COP), revealing that he does not know the reasons that led to the departure of the former athlete. However, the head of the organization suspects that the reasons are related to “a disagreement with the guidelines on how to run the Conference of the Parties.”
In an interview with Losa, the top director of this institution also said that he had received a request from the Portuguese runner to “suspend the mandate for a year” and that this “would not be subject to propaganda.”
“I respected this decision. A year passed and he did not appear again, and he did not give any justification.” Even after this departure, Constantinou confirms that he had no contact with the veteran world record holder in the half marathon.
“However, speaking here, speaking there, you know that there are disagreements from the point of view of Dr. Jose Pedrosa [marido de Rosa Mota]“Which Rosa, of course, follows up on the decisions I make, but I don’t know what they are.”
According to the official published times, the Portuguese runner finished the Valencia race in a time of 1:26.13 hours, which is higher than the time published by the chip the runner is carrying.
“The Olympics Don't Matter at All” by Antonio Costa
Regarding the resigned Prime Minister, the COP President once again criticized his position, saying that for Antonio Costa, “the Olympics do not matter at all.” Regarding changing sports policies, the coach does not have “high expectations.”
He added: “What worries me a lot is the focus on preparing for the Olympics and my desire to have a sequential policy regarding preparation for the Paris Olympics.”
It should be noted that on May 31 of this year, Constantinou also denounced the “lack of interest” of the former Secretary General of the Socialist Party, highlighting the fact that he had never met him.
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