 Arencibia akamiririra Cuba kumitambo yeOlympic ya2008 muBeijing, kwaakakwikwidza mumakwikwi echikadzi emamita zana, pamwe chete nemumwe wake Anay Tejeda. Akakunda menduru yesirivha pa2008 Central American uye Caribbean ChampionshipsmuCali, Colombia, nenguva yake yakanakisisa yemasekonzi 12.95. Iye zvakare ari tete we decathlete Yordanis García, wechipiri-nguva yeOlympic uye Pan American Mitambo menduru. 