Canadian athlete Evan Dunfee embraces the change in the Olympic race walk from 50K to 20K, following his bronze medal win in the previous event. Despite facing challenges such as injury and illness, Dunfee remains determined to compete and represent Canada.
The Canadian claimed a bronze medal in the Olympic swan song of the 50-kilometre race walk two years ago in Tokyo.The 20K remains on the Olympic menu for Paris in 2024. Dunfee placed fourth at the world championship in Budapest, Hungary on Aug. 19.
"The 20K, it starts to hurt, and then it starts to hurt more and then it hurts more, more, more. It's been training my body and training my mind to embrace that cascading level of pain." Dunfee lost contact with the front-runners at the halfway mark but still managed a top-10 finish in cool and cloudy conditions.
The men's race walk was delayed an hour to remeasure and adjust the course after the women's 20K. When 11 women went under the world record, it was discovered their course was about three kilometres too short and the women's times were annulled.The Pan Am Games blamed the Association of Pan American Athletics and its expert Marcelo Ithurralde for the mistake.
The men's 50K race walk will be replaced by a mixed marathon relay in Paris. Santiago will stage a mixed race walk Saturday.
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