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CP NewsAlert: Race walker Evan Dunfee stripped of bronze medal after Japanese protest

Aug 19, 2016 | 9:44 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO — Canadian race walker Evan Dunfee is losing his bronze medal in the 50-kilometre event at the Rio Olympics.

Japan’s Hirooki Arai originally finished third but was disqualified for elbowing Dunfee in the final minutes of the race.

Hirooki then filed his own protest and won to regain the medal.

An Athletics Canada official confirmed Dunfee was bumped back to fourth.

 

The Canadian Press