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Reuters
22-03-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Canada's Dunfee breaks 35km race walk world record
March 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Evan Dunfee broke the men's 35-kilometre race walk world record with a time of two hours, 21 minutes and 40 seconds in Dundice, Slovakia on Saturday. Dunfee, 34, shaved seven seconds off the record set by Japan's Masatora Kawano last October, going solo from start to finish and beating his closest challenger German Christopher Linkee by three minutes behind. Dunfee was a bronze medallist at the 50km event in the 2019 World Championships and the 2020 Olympic Games. Kawano's time had been the first to meet the world record requirements set out in 2022 when the discipline was made official. The 35km race replaced the 50km event as a standard championship event in 2022.
CBC
22-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Evan Dunfee sets world record in 35km race walk, laps entire field
Canada's Evan Dunfee set a world record in the men's 35-kilometre event at the World Athletics Race Walking Tour Gold meeting in Dudince, Slovakia. The 34-year-old from Richmond, B.C., clocked a time of two hours 21 minutes 40 seconds at the Dudinska 50 competition on Saturday, breaking the previous mark by seven seconds. Dunfee led from start to finish, lapping all 51 racers. Japan's Kawano Masatora had held the record since October from a Bronze meeting in Takahata, Japan. It's the second record in as many months for Dunfee, who also set the North American mark in the men's 20km on Feb. 16 in Adelaide, Australia (1:17:39). The three-time Olympian won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal in the 50km event with bronze at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
CBS News
19-03-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Philadelphia Navy veteran, decorated wheelchair athlete, honored by historic disability organization
Distinguished Navy veteran, Edwin Dunfee, is a gold medal winner who has overcome serious challenges and now he's being awarded as a game-changer. Dunfee, 66, has won all kinds of medals as a competitive wheelchair athlete. "It was tough. It was real tough. But I never gave up. But I was still scared," Dunfee said. He had a massive heart attack in 2016 that led to a coma, sepsis and eventually having both legs amputated. "When I came out of the coma, I was paralyzed. I couldn't move anything," Dunfee said. "I never even missed legs. I was so grateful just to survive what I went through because I wasn't supposed to." He says it's been a long and difficult recovery but this distinguished Navy veteran is determined. "I'm not giving up. You know, I mean, I had to relearn everything," Dunfee said. He credits much of his new lease on life to the Inglis Apartments at Elmwood. An affordable housing community designed for individuals with disabilities. The accessibility is something he didn't have before "I couldn't reach the sink to get water. The wheelchair wouldn't go in the bathroom. It was too big to go in the bathroom. So I had to crawl all over the place," Dunfee said. Now those dark days are behind him and his life is dedicated to wheelchair sports and inspiring others for that he's being honored as the 2025 Inglis BASH Game Changer at their annual BASH on April 10. "I don't even think I'm disabled anymore," Dunfee said. This game changer says it's all about finding ways to turn hardships into accomplishments. "Never give up. Just keep pushing. It gets better," Dunfee said.
CBC
18-02-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee sets North American 20km record
Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee set a North American record on Sunday at the Australian 20km Race Walking Championships. Dunfee won the race in one hour 17 minutes 39 seconds to beat Australia's Rhydian Cowley (1:18:35). "Dream day," Dunfee posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. "For nearly 20 years I've been looking at Julio Martinez's 1:17:46 North American Record with dreams of taking it down one day. "Today was that day. Perfect course, ideal weather, head in the right space. 1:17:39. Thank you Australia." Dunfee, a three-time Olympian, won bronze in the 50 km race walk at the Tokyo Games in 2021 for Canada's first-ever medal in the event. The 34-year-old from Richmond, B.C., also finished fourth in the event at Rio 2016.
CBC
16-02-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian racewalker Evan Dunfee sets North American 20km record
Canadian racewalker Evan Dunfee set a North American 20-kilometre record on Sunday at the Australian 20km Race Walking Championships. Dunfee won the race in one hour, 17 minutes and 39 seconds to beat Australia's Rhydian Cowley (1:18:35). "Dream day," Dunfee posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. "For nearly 20 years I've been looking at Julio Martinez's 1:17:46 North American Record with dreams of taking it down one day. "Today was that day. Perfect course, ideal weather, head in the right space. 1:17:39. Thank you Australia." Dunfee, a three-time Olympian, won bronze in the 50km race walk at the Tokyo Games in 2021 for Canada's first-ever medal in the event. The 34-year-old from Richmond, B.C., also finished fourth in the event at Rio 2016.
