Dionísio Castro
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Dionísio Castro
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Dionísio Silva Castro is a former long-distance runner from Portugal, best known for setting the world record in the 20,000 metres on 31 March 1990, when he clocked 57:18.4 in La Flèche. Castro continued for another 943 metres in an attempt to break Jos Hermens' world record for the one-hour run as well, but missed out by one metre.
He competed for the Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal. His twin brother Domingos was also a world class athlete in the long distance events. The two of them
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Portuguese long-distance runner (born 1963)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion%C3%ADsio_Castro
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2024-01-12T02:55:24Z
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