He travelled to Tokyo as the favourite but lost to Billy Konchellah from Kenya, who overtook him on the home straight.
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A few weeks before, Barbosa had won the 800m race at the prestigious Letzigrund meeting in Zurich.
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José Luíz Barbosa, known as Zequinha Barbosa (born May 27, 1961 in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul) is a former Brazilian 800m runner, who won the silver medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo.
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