Canada’s Evan Dunfee walked his way to fifth place in the 20-kilometre men’s race walk today as athletics got underway at the Paris Olympics.
The Richmond, B.C. athlete finished the race in a time of one hour 19 minutes 16 seconds, 21 seconds behind gold medallist Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador.
Pintado won in a time of 1:18:55, followed by Caio Bonfim of Brazil and Alvaro Martin of Spain.
Dunfee was trying to capture his second Olympic medal to follow up the bronze he won in the 50-kilometre event at the 2021 Tokyo Games.
That bronze was Canada’s first-ever Olympic medal in the longest athletics event, which is no longer on the program.
Dunfee will also compete alongside his student and fellow B.C. athlete Olivia Lundman in the mixed race walk event that’s making its debut in Paris.
Canada suffers 1st loss in women’s 3×3 basketball
Canada fell to 2-1 in the Olympic women’s 3×3 basketball tournament after dropping a 19-15 decision against Germany.
The Canadians were chasing from behind for most of the game after Germany got out to leads of 6-0 and 7-1 in the opening minutes and later held a 15-10 advantage.
Canada would then go on a run to tie the game at 7-7 capped by a shot by Kacie Bosch, and the teams would exchange leads as the score was 10-10 with 3:44 left in the game.
That was when the Germans would pull away again, going on a 9-2 run in the final minutes to push the score to 19-12 with 31 seconds left, putting the game out of reach for the Canadians.
Canada did not shoot as well as Germany did in the matchup, with the Canadians hitting 53 per cent of their 1-point shots and 25 per cent of their 2-pointers. Meanwhile, Germany shot 67 per cent on 1-point shots and 57 per cent on their 2-point attempts.
The Canadian side was led by twin sisters Michelle and Katherine Plouffe of Edmonton, who scored five points each. Germany was paced by Sonja Greinacher with eight points and Elisa Mevius with seven.
Canada will next face France (0-2) at 4 p.m. ET.
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