Canada's Ben Thorne takes silver at Pan Am Race Walking Cup event

Canada's Ben Thorne raced to a silver medal on Saturday at the Pan Am Race Walking Cup event on Saturday in Lima, Peru.

Fellow Canadian Evan Dunfee finishes 7th

Canada's Ben Thorne, shown in this August 2016 file photo, captured a silver medal at the Pan Am Race Walking Cup in Lima, Peru, on Saturday. (Getty Images)

Canada's Ben Thorne raced to a silver medal on Saturday at the Pan Am Race Walking Cup event on Saturday in Lima, Peru.


Thorne completed the 20km event just behind Colombia's Eider Arevalo, who won in 1:21:01.


Omar Mussand of Mexico took the bronze medal.

Thorne's Canadian teammate Evan Dunfee finished in 1:23:30, good for seventh place.