After a lot hypothesis surrounding the boys’s 20km race stroll occasion and a two-hour climate delay, Richmond, B.C.’s Evan Dunfee placed on a record-setting efficiency to kick off the 2023 World Athletics Championships for Group Canada. Dunfee completed fourth in 1:18:03, smashing the earlier Canadian document by over a minute.
So I could be a 20km walker but.
✅ 4th on the earth
✅ Nationwide Report
✅ Paris Olympic QualifierSubsequent up: 35km in just a few days. pic.twitter.com/2jBFG91NDI
— Evan Dunfee (@EvanDunfee) August 19, 2023
Dunfee discovered himself contending for a podium end on the 15 km mark, blended within the lead pack of 4 males, with 5 kilometres to go. Spain’s Alvaro Martin placed on a surge at 16 km and by no means seemed again, securing gold in a world-leading time of 1:17:32. Sweden’s Perseus Karlstrom (1:17:39) and Brazil’s Caio Bonfim (1:17:47) took silver and bronze, setting nationwide data of their very own.
The fourth-place consequence was surprising for the 2020 Olympic 50km RW medallist Dunfee, who’s identified for his energy within the longer race-walk distances. Dunfee has beforehand expressed his opinion concerning the 20-kilometre distance, stating it’s “much less difficult” and “not as superior” because the 35-km and 50-km distances. (The 50-kilometre race stroll distance was faraway from the Olympic program in 2021.)
Dunfee, who’s shut pals with Karlstrom, posted on social media after the race: “There’s nothing I might have wished greater than to have the ability to stand on the rostrum with this man,” wrote Dunfee. “Whereas I got here up a bit brief, he gave me the arrogance to have the race I did right this moment, and I’m so pleased with it.”
🚨 CANADIAN RECORD ALERT 🚨@EvanDunfee is the brand new Canadian document holder within the 20km race stroll 🤩
Dunfee completed with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes, and three seconds on the @WorldAthletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary! 🤯
Superb stuff, Evan 🔥 pic.twitter.com/XbPp9pNCLl
— Group Canada (@TeamCanada) August 19, 2023
The occasion was solely minutes away from its scheduled begin time when it was delayed by two hours resulting from inclement climate.
The 32-year-old can be subsequent in motion within the males’s 35 km race stroll on Thursday, Aug. 24, the place he can be one of many favourites to succeed in the rostrum.
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