Canada's Evan Dunfee storms back to capture bronze in 50km race walk - CBC.ca

Canada's Evan Dunfee captured bronze in the men's 50-kilometre race walk at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday with an incredible finish, earning Canada's first Olympic race walking medal in 29 years.

The Richmond, B.C., native surged into podium position on the final stretch after dropping off the chasing pack, finishing with a season-best time of 3:50:59.

Dawid Tomala, of Poland, claimed gold with a time of 3:50:08, while Germany's Jonathan Hilbert won silver (3:50:44).

A late charge for BRONZE 🇨🇦🥉<br><br>Canada's Evan Dunfee captures bronze with a late push to the finish in the men's 50km race walk <a href="https://t.co/TLxbUrbj1y">pic.twitter.com/TLxbUrbj1y</a>

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It is Canada's third race walking medal in Olympic history, following Guillaume Leblanc's bronze in 1992 and George Goulding's gold in 1912.

Dunfee just missed the podium in the event at the previous Olympics, finishing fourth in Rio. But he established the Canadian record in the event (3:41:38), and achieved the best-ever Canadian result in Olympic history.

This was the final version of the 50km event at the Olympics, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed the race from the Olympic program moving forward.

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