Evan Dunphy Wins Two Gold Medals at Commonwealth Games

“elation” Evan Dunphy It was posted on social media on Sunday morning. BRITISH Dunphy, 31, from Richmond, Columbia, won the men’s 10,000m race walk on Sunday after a record performance at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. national record Along with a Commonwealth Games record of 38:36.37.

“My goal today was to believe in myself as my family and close friends believe in me. Dunphy Said. He fell back to 5th place around the halfway point, but moved up in the final stages to take the lead. With 300m to go Dunphy ran away to cement the victory.

Dunphy He won a bronze medal in the 50K race walk (now defunct) at the Tokyo Olympics and finished sixth in the 35,000 km race walk at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon last month. His previous national record was the Harry Jerome Track Classic in June 2021. In 38:39.72 he was 3.35 seconds slower.

This is Dunphy’s first Commonwealth medal and third appearance in the competition. This is her 23 gold medals for Canada. 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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