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CBC
27-03-2025
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Richmond, B.C.'s Evan Dunfee breaks 35 km race walk world record
B.C. athlete Evan Dunfee broke the 35 km race walk world record by seven seconds at the recent World Athletics Race Walking Tour meeting in Slovakia. He told the CBC's Gloria Macarenko that the moment he realized he broke the record was an "incredible joy" and something his coach had dreamed up when the Richmond athlete was a teenager.
Reuters
22-03-2025
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- 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
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- 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.
CBC
18-02-2025
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- 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
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- 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.
