The President of the Portugese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, awarded athletes Patrícia Mamona and Auriol Dongmo with the Order of Merit, for their great results.
Patrícia Mamona, Olympic runner-up and European indoor triple jump champion, received the award of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit and Auriol Dongmo, European and world indoor champion of the shot put, the Commander of the Order of Merit .
The ceremony, which took place at Palácio de Belém, was accompanied by the President of the Olympic Committee of Portugal (COP), José Manuel Constantino, by the Secretary General of the COP, José Manuel Araújo, by the Head of Mission to Tokyo2020, Marco Alves, and by the COP sporting director, Pedro Roque.