Tokyo Olympics Friday.Dunfee overtook Spain’s Marc Tur in the final moment of the race, crossing the finish line less than ten seconds faster to take third place.It’s the first Olympic medal in the 50-kilometre event ever won by a Canadian athlete, and second ever to be won by Canada in the sport.Dawid Tomala of Poland, who led for a good portion of the race, won the gold.
The silver went to Germany’s Jonathan Hilbert.Fellow Canadian Mathieu Bilodeau finished 45th out of the field of 59 — 12 of whom did not finish at all.