 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lopes akamhanya marathon yake yechipiri paRotterdam Marathon muna 1983. Akapedza ari wechipiri munguva yeEuropean rekodhi ye2: 08:39, masekondi maviri kumashure kwemukundi wemujaho, Robert de Castella. Ipapo akasarudza kumhanya mamita 10 000 pa 1983 World ChampionshipsmuHelsinki, Finland, kwaakapedza ari wechitanhatu ari shure kwomukundi Alberto Cova. Pashure paikoko akasarudza kuisa ngwariro pamakwikwi emarathon nokumhanya kwenyika. 