BUDAPEST, Hungary — Evan Dunfee finished just shy of a podium finish for the second time at the World Athletics Championships.
The race walker from Richmond, B.C., placed fourth in the men's 35-kilometre event Thursday in a season's-best time of two hours 25 minutes 28 seconds.
Spain's Alvaro Martin came first in 2:24:30, followed by Ecuador's Brian Daniel Pintado (2:24:34) and Japan's Masatora Kawano (2:25:12).
Dunfee also finished fourth — and set a Canadian record with a time of 1:18:03 — in the 20-kilometre race walk earlier in the competition.
Later Thursday, Olympic champion Andre De Grasse qualified for the men's 200-metre final.
De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., finished third in his semifinal in 20.10 seconds. The top two runners of the three semifinals advanced, along with the next two fastest runners.
Aaron Brown of Toronto, a medal hopeful in the event, was disqualified for a lane violation, while Brendon Rodney of Toronto was fourth in his semifinal in 20.27 seconds and did not advance to Friday's final.
Brown would have had the eighth and final qualifying spot for the final had his time stood.
Olympic silver medallist Mo Ahmed of St. Catharines, Ont., qualified for the men's 5,000-metre final after finishing third in his heat, and third overall, in a time of 13:33.16.
Benjamin Flanagan of Kitchener, Ont., finished 11th in his heat at 13:38.69 and did not qualify for Sunday's final.
More Canadians are involved in a busy evening session in Budapest, including Camryn Rogers in the women's hammer throw final.
The 2022 world silver medallist from Richmond had the third-best throw in qualifying at 73.95 metres.
Edmonton's Marco Arop will race in the men's 800 semifinals after finishing with the second-best time in the heats.
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