Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: A lokacin da yake da shekaru talatin da biyar, Gomes ya fara halartar wasannin Olympics na 2008 a Beijing, inda ya yi gasa a gasar
marathon na maza, tare da abokin aikinsa Hélder Ornelas. Ya yi nasarar gama tseren a matsayi na talatin da dakika hudu a bayan Oleg Kulkov na Rasha, tare da lokacin 2:18:15.