Missing for 44 days, former Olympic athlete Daniel Nascimento says he traveled on foot to SP After being missing for 44 days, marathon runner Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento was reunited with his mother and reported having walked around 400 kilometers from Ourinhos to São Paulo, where he was living on the streets and sold recyclable materials. In a video, Danielzinho, as he is known, appears alongside his mother, Valdirene de Paula Ferreira, who went to the capital of São Paulo to meet her son on Saturday (1). The marathon runner had last been seen on June 19, in Paraguaçu Paulista (SP), the city where he lives. ? Join the g1 Bauru and Marília channel on WhatsApp In the recording, Nascimento says that, along the way to São Paulo, he only carried a bottle of water and even asked for sugarcane and oranges along the way. MORE There came a point when I looked like a camel. I looked like a camel,” he says. In addition to hydration, Nascimento also describes how he endured the walk and, in some way, relived his marathon runner routine. "Just like when you're driving a car here, it's moving along, it's calm. Now the corridor isn't, you're feeling it in your body, you're feeling the breeze, your heart." "It was something that I loved the most, that I felt, yes. It's what made me wake up early every day. You can burn off your energy and return to your home", says the marathon runner in the video. A walk from Ourinhos to São Paulo can take around four days, depending on the pace, according to Google Maps. The route from the city of Ourinhos to the neighborhood of Belenzinho, where Daniel was found, in the east zone of the capital of São Paulo, is around 450 kilometers. Olympic marathon runner Daniel Ferreira do Nascimento is found alive in SP Living homeless When leaving home, 44 days before being found, Nascimento only took a black backpack and told his mother that he intended to travel. In the capital of São Paulo, after being recognized by a pedestrian and having his identity confirmed by the Metropolitan Civil Guard (GCM), the marathon runner was taken to the 30th Police District, in Tatuapé, where he found his mother. The TV TEM report found that Nascimento lived on the streets in the city and even sold recyclable materials. During the nights, he sought shelter in hostels. The marathon runner is in a clinic, still in the capital of São Paulo, where he must undergo psychological treatment. The expectation is that the mother will be able to transfer to an institution in the region where she lives with her son. Depression after retirement Nascimento has faced depression since he was suspended from athletics in 2024 for doping. At the time, three banned substances were identified in the marathon runner's body. The Athletics Integrity Unit ordered a five-year suspension, until July 2029. As an athlete, Nascimento represented Brazil at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and was one of the main names in the sport in the country, setting the Brazilian and South American marathon record in South Korea. The race was completed in 2h04min5s. Nascimento was living on the streets in the capital of São Paulo and ended up selling recyclable materials Reproduction See more news from the region on g1 Bauru and Marí VIDEOS: watch the reports from TV TEM