B.C. Olympic racewalker back as coach and competitor

B.C. racewalker Evan Dunfee is backmost astatine nan Olympics, not only to compete individually but besides to brace up pinch a young jock he’s been coaching astatine UBC for a caller event.

The brace are astir to squad up connected nan world’s biggest shape for nan Olympic debut of nan marathon racewalk mixed relay.

“It’s surely a unsocial position to beryllium in. I’ll beryllium 1 of nan very fewer athletes astatine nan games successful that position,” Dunfee told Global’s This is BC.

“He has been successful my shoes and walked this way earlier me,” added Olivia Lundman.

Now successful his 3rd Olympics and coming disconnected a bronze badge successful Tokyo, 33-year-old Dunfee remembers nan unusual looks and occasional car horns he utilized to get erstwhile preparing for a race.

“You tin differentiate betwixt a antagonistic honk and a affirmative honk and I deliberation 15 years agone I sewage a batch of antagonistic honks retired location training successful my short shorts and singlets,” he said.

His success, including a golden astatine nan Commonwealth Games 2 years ago, has helped gain respect for a unsocial sport.

“It’s been really typical to consciousness for illustration I’ve played a domiciled successful that and I deliberation much group now conscionable person a respect for really difficult it is,” Dunfee added.

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At property 21, much than a decade aft first trying retired title walking, Lundman has qualified for her first Olympics nether nan guidance of a puerility hero.

“To spell from that small girl, looking up to this astonishing superstar Olympian racewalker to now competing alongside him,” said Lundman.

The brace are heading to Paris arsenic underdogs having vanished twenty-first successful qualifications, taking distant a batch of that unit that comes connected title day.

“I’m excited to spot what Olivia and I tin do and really overmuch we tin amended upon our qualifying race,” said Dunfee.

“If it wasn’t for him I’d beryllium very lost,” said Lundman.

“It’s been a dream that came to fruition faster than I thought it would. Ten-year-old maine would decidedly not judge me, if I were to show her this story.”