Dani Arce reaches the Olympic minimum at the Marrakech Diamond

He announced that it was on his leg and he finally came out. Dani Arce achieved the desired Olympic minimum in the 3,000 hurdles after finishing fifth in the Marrakech Diamond League with a mark of 8’12”28, good enough to go to Paris 2024. The man from Burgos is already an Olympian at Tokyo 2020, where he failed to advance from the heats. They also competed in the Moroccan meeting Adel Mechaalwho was fifth in the 1,500 with a 3’34”22 and Adrian Bensixth in the 800m with 1’45”41.

Dani Arce He went out bravely, with the ambition to achieve that time that distinguishes the great athletes from the superlatives, those chosen with the ability to qualify for the most important competition that exists, the Olympic Games. The organization of the meeting in Marrakech has prepared 3,000 obstacles with great care, a race that aims to enjoy the participation of the great local idol Soufiane El Bakkali and with the goal of bringing the highest possible number of participants to the Olympic minimum. The famous wave ‘wave’ marked by white lights in the synthetic rhythm of the reference to achieve that mark. Arce, very ambitious, did not miss that reference or the leading group. The man from Burgos ran very comfortably inside the first lane, following the rope and El Bakkali, the smartest athlete of all. The Olympic and world champion showed again why he is the best competitor, applying his strategy from start to finish, taking no initiative as he is in the loading phase and his peak form is in August. Bakkali won with 8’09”04 and until eight athletes managed to cross the finish line below the minimum requirement, a goal was achieved.