Evan Dunfee finished just shy of a podium finish fir the second time at the World Athletics Championships. From left to right, Tomohiro Noda, of Japan, Perseus Karlstrom, of Sweden, Alvaro Martin, of Spain, He Xianghong, of China, Evan Dunfee, of Canada, and Miguel Angel Lopez, of Spain, compete in the Men's 35-kilometer race walk during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ashley Landis
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Evan Dunfee finished just shy of a podium finish for the second time at the World Athletics Championships.
The race walker from Richmond, B.C., placed fourth in the men’s 35-kilometre event Thursday in a season’s-best time of two hours 25 minutes 28 seconds.
Spain’s Ãlvaro MartÃn came first in 2:24:30, followed by Ecuador’s Brian Daniel Pintado (2:24:34) and Japan’s Masatora Kawano (2:25:12).
Dunfee also finished fourth – and set a Canadian record with a time of 1:18:03 – in the 20-kilometre race walk earlier in the competition.
Several Canadians are involved in a busy evening session in Budapest, including Camryn Rogers in the women’s hammer throw final.
The 2022 world silver medallist from Richmond had the third-best throw in qualifying at 73.95 metres.
Meanwhile, reigning Olympic champion Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., will race in the men’s 200-metre semifinals along with Aaron Brown and Brendon Rodney, both of Toronto.
Edmonton’s Marco Arop will race in the men’s 800 semifinals after finishing with the second-best time in the heats.
And Olympic silver medallist Mo Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., will run in the men’s 5,000 heats.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 24, 2023.
