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Berhanu Girma defeated Ethiopian countryman Chala Lemi to win the 36th Grandma's Marathon in Duluth on Saturday. Everlyne Lagat of Kenya won the women's full marathon. But the day belonged to hometown hero Kara Goucher, who is preparing for the London Olympics and won the half-marathon event at Grandma's in record time.
Kara Goucher, who will represent the U.S. in the Olympic marathon in London, finished a 13.1-mile half-marathon event Saturday in a course-record 1 hour, 9 minutes, 34 seconds. She was back in her hometown for Grandma's Marathon weekend, and was lifted along the way by her old classmates from Duluth East, former neighbors and family friends who came to see her first race in town since her high school days.
Kara Goucher doesn’t believe her running career is reaching a peak in Sunday’s Summer Olympics women’s marathon. At age 34, she thinks the best is yet to come. Only three American women have ever run a faster marathon than the 1996 Duluth East graduate, who has a best of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 52 seconds.
Duluth native Kara Goucher, 34, ran the biggeest race of her life in London Sunday morning. The Duluth News Tribune reports the northern Minnesota Olympian finished the women's marathon 11th in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 7 seconds.
On June 25, 1977, a road race transformed Duluth with the first running of Grandma's Marathon. Who was the first person across the finish line from Two Harbors to Canal Park? Was it: A) Dick Beardsley B) Doug Kurtis C) Garry Bjorklund For the answer, click on the headline above.
KARE-TV Sports Director Eric Perkins says he's excited to be heading to London to report on as many local Olympics stories as possible until the event wraps up Aug. 12. KARE became the gold standard of Olympics coverage during the Bejing Games four years ago, as there were days when more people tuned into the local NBC affiliate to watch the event than anywhere else in the United States.
Eden Prairie swimmer Rachel Bootsma is one step closer to London. At the Olympic trials in Omaha, the 18-year-old won a preliminary race in the 100-meter backstroke.
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