Watch Canadians compete at the World Athletics Championships

Click on the video player above beginning at 4:33 a.m. ET on Saturday as the world's best track and field athletes compete at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Race walker Evan Dunfee started things off with a bang for Canada, taking gold in the men's race walk on Saturday morning. 

Coverage includes several Canadians in action in various heats, including in the men's 3,000-metre steeplechase, men's and women's 100m, women's 1,500m.

There will also be three finals on Saturday, with the men's shot put (8:10 a.m. ET), women's 10,000m (8:30 a.m. ET), and a Canadian team will be involved when the mixed 4x400-metre relay starts at 9:20 a.m. ET.

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A record number of Canadians will be looking to repeat as champions at this year's world championships, including hammer throwers Camryn Rogers and Ethan Katzberg, decathlete Pierce LePage, and 800-metre runner Marco Arop.

Canada is sending a total of 59 athletes (30 men and 29 women), its largest-ever contingent to compete at the world championships.