Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akapedza ari wechigumi mumakwikwi emamita 10 000 pamaOlympics eZhizha a1988. Kubudirira kwake kwokutanga kwechokwadi kwakauya mukumhanya kwenyika yose: akakunda sirivha yomunhu mumwe nomumwe uye bronze yeboka pamakwikwi emarudzi marefu.
1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. Dias akakunda musangano weEurocross muna 1991 uye akaenderera mberi kutora nzvimbo yechitanhatu pa1991 Cross Country Championships. Achikwikwidza pamakwikwi epasi rose epamba kekutanga, akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechina mumamita 3000 paIAAF World Indoor Championships. Mumakwikwi ake okutanga eWorld Championships muAthletics muna 1991, akakundikana kupedza mumakwikwi ekupedzisira emamita zviuru gumi. Medari yake yechipiri yenyika, bronze, yakauya pa 1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships nhangemutange refu.