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Evan Dunfee and Olivia Lundman of B.C. set a Canadian record and placed 20th of 23 finishing teams Wednesday in the first marathon race walk mixed relay contested at the Olympics.
They posted a time of three hours 4 minutes 57 seconds in a race held on the same course as the individual races at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The event replaced the individual 50-kilometre race dropped after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
On April 21, they finished in 3:07:10 for a national record, according to Athletics Canada.
Dunfee and Lundman crossed the finish 14:26 behind gold medallists Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez of Spain (2:50:31) in the Olympic race held on the same course as the individual race walking events at the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
In late April, the Canadians secured the 21st of 22 qualifying spots at the World Athletics team championships in Antalya, Turkey.
Later Wednesday, Marco Arop is competing in the men’s 800-metre heats.
Other events include the men’s high jump, men’s 5,000m, women’s javelin and women’s 1,500m preliminaries.
