The Spaniard Gustavo Dacal, in a “delicate” state in a hospital in Mexico

The Spanish former athlete Gustavo Dacal10-time Spanish champion in javelin throwing, was admitted to the Hospital de la Beneficencia in Veracruz, a city in eastern Mexico, after contracting dengue.

Dacal, owner of the Galician javelin throwing record by throwing 78.88 meters in 2003, is in a “delicate” state, according to Gymnastic Society of Pontevedrahis old club.

Gustavo Dacal entered a private clinic after contracting dengue after being bitten by a mosquito, after which he underwent three surgeries for appendicitis, inflammation of the colon and spondylodiscitis, a spinal infection that threatened to leave him unable to walk.

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“I am fine, under the circumstances, I still want to work and get out of this. The prognosis is uncertain. We continue to do mobility and sensitivity exercises so that it (the legs) does not fall asleep, I am still inside. fight and I will not lower my arms,” ​​Dacal told his relatives in an audio with access to La Voz de Galicia.

The Iberian athlete has been in Mexico for a decade and came to train javelin athletes at the Mexican Paralympic Committee and is currently a coach at the Veracruz Sports Institute.

Dacal came to Mexico in 2012 to prepare Mexican javelin throwers for the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz in 2014.

However, his position at the Veracruz Sports Institute does not include medical insurance, which costs him and his family thousands of euros at the Hospital de la Beneficencia.

Bank accounts have been set up in Spain and Mexico to make donations to Dacal, who currently does not have a release date from the clinic.