Dunfee positioned fourth within the 20-kilometre racewalk occasion.
Richmond’s Olympian racewalker Evan Dunfee set a brand new Canadian file on the 2023 World Athletics Championships this weekend.
Dunfee completed fourth within the males’s 20-kilometre racewalk, the opening occasion that kicked off the World Athletics on Aug. 19 in Budapest, Hungary.
The 32-year-old completed with a time of 1 hour, 18 minutes and three seconds, simply 13 seconds in need of third place. This race additionally qualifies Dunfee for the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games.
Dunfee mentioned in a Twitter submit there was “nothing (he) would have wished extra” than to be on the rostrum with Jamaica’s Caio Bonfim who got here in third.
“Whereas I got here up a bit quick, (Bonfim) gave me the arrogance to have the race I did at this time…”
Bonfim is a two-time world championship bronze medallist and South American race strolling champion.
Previous to competing within the World Athletics on Friday, Dunfee was altitude coaching in Switzerland for about six weeks.
Dunfee advised the Richmond Information that the coaching put him again right into a aggressive and motivated state for his 20 and 35-kilometre competitions.
“That form of lit the hearth below me … to have coaching companions once more and to have the ability to have another person there with me out day by day after I’m coaching,” he mentioned.
“I really feel like my head is in a extremely good place and I’m actually motivated for the World’s in comparison with final yr the place I used to be feeling a little bit bit mentally burnt out after the Olympics.”
And whereas successful a medal and being on the rostrum could be perfect, Dunfee has been primarily wanting ahead to a very good race amongst high athletes.
“I’m not going into the World’s anticipating to win the medal, but when I can have a extremely good race and put myself in there with an opportunity, that’s form of the large objective,” he mentioned to the Information earlier than the competitors.
When requested what he hopes to realize on the World’s this yr, Dunfee is aiming for high eight, or at the very least high 15 in his occasions.
“I at all times present as much as compete when it counts probably the most and it is one thing I satisfaction myself in, so ideally high eight preventing for a type of spots on the rostrum.”
Dunfee shall be competing within the 35-kilometre racewalk occasion on Thursday, Aug. 24, which could be seen here.
