Dias attended her second Olympics, the 1992 Barcelona Games and finished in 13th at the 10,000 metres final. She won the 1993 IAAF World Cross Country Championships long race the following year, becoming the first Portuguese woman to ever complete the feat. She won the Olympic Medal Nobre Guedes as a result. She failed to match this feat at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics as she finished seventh in the 10,000 m. A fifth-place finish at the 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was enough for a team gold with Portugal, led by Conceição Ferreira. She began competing in the half marathon and took fourth place at the 1994 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.