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Dunfee positioned fourth within the 20-kilometre racewalk occasion.<\/p>\n
Richmond\u2019s Olympian racewalker Evan Dunfee set a brand new Canadian file on the 2023 World Athletics Championships this weekend.<\/p>\n
Dunfee completed fourth within the males\u2019s 20-kilometre racewalk, the opening occasion that kicked off the World Athletics on Aug. 19 in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0Dunfee for the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games.<\/p>\n
Dunfee mentioned in a Twitter submit there was \u201cnothing (he) would have wished extra\u201d than to be on the rostrum\u00a0with Jamaica\u2019s Caio Bonfim who got here in third.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhereas I got here up a bit quick, (Bonfim) gave me the arrogance to have the race I did at this time\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Bonfim\u00a0is a two-time\u00a0world championship bronze medallist and South American race strolling champion.<\/p>\n
Previous to competing within the World Athletics on Friday, Dunfee was altitude coaching in Switzerland for about six weeks.<\/p>\n
Dunfee advised the Richmond Information<\/em> that the coaching put him again right into a aggressive and motivated state for his 20 and 35-kilometre competitions.<\/p>\n \u201cThat form of lit the hearth below me \u2026 to have coaching companions once more and to have the ability to have another person there with me out day by day after I\u2019m coaching,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n \u201cI really feel like my head is in a extremely good place and I\u2019m actually motivated for the World\u2019s in comparison with final yr the place I used to be feeling a little bit bit mentally burnt out after the Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n 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\u00a0high athletes.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not going into the World\u2019s anticipating to win the medal, but when I can have a extremely good race and put myself in there with an opportunity,\u00a0that\u2019s form of the large objective,” he mentioned to the Information<\/em> earlier than the competitors.<\/p>\n When requested what he hopes to realize on the World’s this yr, Dunfee is aiming for high eight, or at the very least\u00a0high 15 in his occasions.<\/p>\n \u201cI at all times present as much as compete when it counts probably the most and it is\u00a0one thing I satisfaction myself in,\u00a0so ideally high eight preventing for a type of spots on the rostrum.\u201d<\/p>\n Dunfee shall be competing within the 35-kilometre racewalk occasion on Thursday, Aug. 24, which could be seen here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n