Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te toru tekau ma rima o ona tau, i tīmata a Gomes i tana whakataetae tuatahi mō ngā hākinakina o te tau 2008 Summer Olympics i Beijing, i reira i whakataetae ai ia i te marathon tāne
, me tana hoa kapa a Hélder Ornelas. I angitu ia ki te whakaoti i te reanga i te toru tekau o nga waahi e wha hēkona i muri o Oleg Kulkov o Ruhia, me te waa 2:18:15.