Dani Arce is an outstanding athlete on a personal level, both on and off the field. The 1,90-metre, 30-year-old Burgos man has spent many years combining the highest level of education and care. his mother, Pilar, suffers from sclerosis.
It is one of the most terrible diseases, because it attacks the neurological system and affects mobility and balance without impairing mental abilities, thus confirming its worsening to the affected person. “I don’t know if I’m encouraging him or he’s encouraging me,” Engel said in a recent interview..
These serious mobility issues prevented Pilar from seeing her son compete in 2018, when he won the silver medal in the 3,000-meter hurdles at the Ibero-Americans in Peru, “premiering” when he made his World Cup debut in Doha’09. As an Olympian in Tokyo in 2021, he finished fourth at the past European Championships in Munich’22 nor in his brand new victory in the European National Teams Cup in Silesia this summer..
But, These World Cups are different and the whole family is mobilized so that Pilar can see her son Dani live.. “It was very complicated, but he wanted it and we did it. He saw me make it to the final and that was very exciting for me. Imagine your mother seeing you at this level for the first time.” Excitement is at its peak from Prensa Ibérica to SPORT.
“It’s my first time on a plane and I’m taking the final with even more enthusiasm. and with even greater desire, because he will be there and enjoy it and live it alive,” added Burgos, in the final, which will be very special on a personal level, this Tuesday at 21:42.
At the behest of Benjamín Álvarez Furones, since he started flirting with athletics, Dani Arce stands out more than the runways at the human level. It’s nice to talk to him. He explains it all simply and humbly, but also with the enthusiasm and desire of someone who has gone through a lot of trouble, as in 2017 when he got a leg and a half at the World Cup in London and was left out for his poor performance. Championship from Spain.
Now she has finally found the sweet spot of her career with the aforementioned. He placed fourth in the 2022 Europeans and set a sensational record of 8:10.63 on 9 June in Paris. and this makes it fourth only in Spain after three emblems such as former European runner-up Fernando Carro (8:05.79), continental bronze Luismi Martín Berlanas (8:07.44) and Eliseo Martín (8:09.98) 21 years ago. Historic bronze at the 2003 World Cup in Paris.
How far will he go in the most important race of his life? Dani Arce starts this season with the eighth grade of attendees, among them Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma (last world record holder with 7:52.11) and Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali look above the rest. In the stands, he will receive the most special support from his mother, Pilar.