Evan Dunfee set a Canadian record to open his sixth World Athletics Championships and teammate Ethan Katzberg, making his debut at the event, followed suit about one hour later Saturday in Budapest, Hungary.
Following a two-hour delay due to thunderstorms, Dunfee covered the men's 20-kilometre race walk in one hour 18 minutes three seconds for fourth place.
Inaki Gomez held the previous national mark of 1:19:20 since 2016. Dunfee, a 32-year-old from Richmond, B.C., finished 16 seconds shy of tying Caio Bonfim for a bronze medal, with the Brazilian achieving a national mark of 1:17:47.
Álvaro Martín of Spain won the race in a season world-leading 1:17:32, followed by Perseus Karlström in a Swedish record time of 1:17:39.
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