Jéssica Augusto, Sara Moreira and João Vieira to feature in Olympics

Sara Moreira and Jéssica Augusto have been called up to the national Portuguese squad for the female marathon in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The Portuguese Athletics Federation also announced its squad for the male marathon and race walking events, while will see João Vieira take part in the 20km and 50km distances and Vera Santos named as a reserve.

Vitória Oliveira finishes 15th, while Vera Santos is forced out an Paulo Martins claims 6th in junior event

João Vieira finished the Rio Maior International GP Race Walk in an admirable 11th place this weekend, to finish as the top placed Portuguese athlete. Vieira, who has already booked his place in Rio 2016, finished in a time of 1:24.25.

In the female event, Vera Santos was unable to win the race won by the Chinese athlete Shenjie Qieyang (1:27.52).