Canada's Evan Dunfee and Spain's Maria Perez claimed the opening golds on offer at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with respective victories in the men and women's 35km race walking events on Saturday. Dunfee, 34, clocked 2 hours, 28 minutes, 22 seconds around the streets of the Japanese capital…

TOKYO :Racewalkers Evan Dunfee of Canada and Spain's defending champion Maria Perez took the opening gold medals at the Athletics World Championships on Saturday, while the big beasts of the women's discus and men's shot advanced safely through qualifying.Despite an early morning start, the humidity made for

TOKYO — Canadian team stalwart Evan Dunfee told local media on Thursday he was hoping to create a race walk to remember at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.