I te 29 o Akuhata 2004, i te 2004 Summer Olympics i Athens, i ngana a de Lima ki te riro hei tangata tuatahi o Brazil ki te wikitoria i te mētara koura Olympic i te marathon. I muri tata mai i te tohu, e pupuri ana i te 25 hēkona, ka mutu a de Lima, ka raru ki te kaimakitaki a Neil Horan, he tohunga Irish i whakakorehia i muri mai. I whakararuraru a Horan i te 2003 Formula One British Grand Prix
mā te rere ki te ara o Silverstone. I awhina te kaimātakitaki Kariki a Polyvios Kossivas ki te whakaora i a de Lima mai i te hopu a Horan me te awhina i a de Lima ki te rere ano. Ka mea a Horan, "Kāore au i mahi i te reira hei whakaari, i mahia e au hei hora i te rongopai me te whakarite i te iwi mo te haerenga mai tuarua.<unk>