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. Dunfee’s last km split was a blistering 4:09. Dunfee, powered by his popular support of Kraft Dinner, is Canada’s first racewalk Olympic medalist since 1992.

August 5th - On This Day in BC Sport History: 2021. Richmond’s @EvanDunfee times his finishing kick to perfection striding to a bronze medal in the 50km racewalk in 3hr 50:59 mins at the Tokyo @Olympics behind Poland's Dawid Tomala captured gold, Germany's Jonathan Hilbert. /2

. Mike Evans (Toronto), Blair Horn (Kelowna), Grant Main (Victoria), Brian McMahon (Toronto), Kevin Neufeld (St. Catharines), Paul Steele (New Westminster), Pat Turner (Vancouver), and Neil Campbell (coach). This marked Canada's first Olympic rowing medal in 20 years.

. New Zealand in the semifinal, Canada advanced to the final through the repechage. In the final, Canada edged out the host USA by less than half a second to win in 5min 41.32 sec. The members of the Canadian eight included: Dean Crawford (Victoria), Mark Evans (Toronto),. /3.

August 5th - On This Day in BC Sport History: 1984. Canada's men's eight rowing crew featuring six crew members with connections to BC wins Canada's first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's eight rowing on Lake Casitas at the Los Angeles Olympics. After finishing second to. /2

. February 1964 as millions of viewers tune in. Leonard and Knudson finish tied after two days of play as Leonard birdies two of the final three holes in a dramatic comeback. Many, including golf legend Gene Sarazen, call it the greatest match in forty years.

August 5th - On This Day in BC Sport History: 1963. Vancouver's Stan Leonard and Toronto's George Knudson draw over 5000 spectators to North Vancouver's Capilano Golf Course for a match-play event filmed for Shell's Wonderful World of Golf that airs on television in. /2

August 5th - On This Day in BC Sport History: 1954. Vancouver cyclist Lorne 'Ace' Atkinson finishes 4th in the 10 Mile cycling race at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games at Vancouver's China Creek Park, marking Canada's best cycling result in the BECG over a 40-yr period.

RT @coopincanada: #OTD 24 years ago, Colorado Rockies slugger Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.) belted his 300th MLB home run. It was a two….

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RT @VancouverSun: 'Like a second COVID': 2026 Vancouver dragon boat festival cancelled as FIFA restrictions hit hard .

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RT @cjones2451: @JasonBeck82 I remember being there, that was such a fun game and the place was electric and so loud that day!.

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. 100m freestyle final since Dick Pound 52 years earlier.

. the best start of his career and never stopped pushing to finish in 47.80sec. It marked Canada’s 1st-ever medal in swimming’s most hotly-contested event & proved one of Canada’s defining moments of the 2012 Olympics. Canada had not even placed an athlete in the Olympic. /3.

August 1st - On This Day in BC Sport History: 2012. The oldest swimmer in the 100m freestyle field by 3 years, Mission’s Brent Hayden @thebrenthayden swims to a historic bronze medal at the Olympics in London. Despite back spasms and ill-fitting goggles, Hayden pulled off. /2

. Lions largest crowd in 5 years. Flutie passed for 359 yards, actually low for him this season as he went on to throw a CFL record 6619 yards, 38 touchdowns, and win his first CFL Most Outstanding Player Award.