Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akapedza ari wechigumi mumakwikwi emamita 10 000 pamaOlympics eZhizha a1988. Kubudirira kwake kwokutanga kwakauya mukumhanya kwenyika yose: akakunda sirivha yevanhu vakareba uye timu yendarira pa1990 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. Menduru yake yechipiri yenyika, yendarira, yakauya pa
1992 IAAF World Cross Country Championships nhangemutange refu.