[Trending News] Rosa Mota hospitalized for intensive care – however, went to the intermediate

66 -year -old athlete is one of the most iconic figures in Portuguese sport. Recently crashed world records of 10 km

Rosa Mota marathon runner was admitted this Monday at the Intensive Care Unit of the Santo António Hospital in Porto, and was then sent to intermediate care. The Olympic champion had been operated on an arbdominal aneurysm diagnosed in December at the end of the São Silvestre race in Lisbon.

This Monday, while recovering, Rosa Mota was forced to resort to the Santo António Hospital. So far it was not possible to officially confirm the prognosis of the athlete's health state.

Abdominal aneurysm is an anommal dilation aorta, the main one of our body, which can grow slowly until it becomes a serious danger to life. When it breaks, it can cause intense pain and internal bleeding, which can be fatal.

According to Maisfutebol, the athlete has already been sent for intermediate care.

Rosa Mota, 66, is one of the most iconic figures of Portuguese sport, having won the gold medal for Portugal at the Marathon of the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988. Four years earlier, at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Mota returned to Achieve a medal for Portugal by being in third place in the marathon.

Rosa Mota was also a world champion in 1987 in Rome, and European champion in 1982 at the Athens Championship in 1986 in Stutar and 1990 in Split.

The athlete remains a very active figure in the world of athletics, continuing to break records in the categories in which he is up. In December, it hit the ten thousand meters record, in the 65-69-year-old category, in the São Silvestre Race of Lisbon, beating a record previously established by itself in January.

Mota had established the ten thousand meters record in the 65-69-year-old category in Valencia when completing the race in 35 minutes and 45 seconds. In Lisbon, the marathon runner managed to shorten the distance, lowering the goal to 35 minutes and 37 minutes.