Injured Goucher to run at Worlds
Wearing a USA jersey means much to Kara Goucher. Despite a hip injury, she’ll stand on the starting line at 9 p.m. Saturday in Daegu, South Korea, for the women’s 10,000-meter race at the World Track and Field Championships.

By: Kevin Pates, Duluth News Tribune


Wearing a USA jersey means much to Kara Goucher. Despite a hip injury, she’ll stand on the starting line at 9 p.m. Saturday in Daegu, South Korea, for the women’s 10,000-meter race at the World Track and Field Championships.

She could’ve withdrawn from the event, but received an OK from doctors last week and flew Thursday from home in Portland, Ore.

Goucher, 33, who hopes to compete in the marathon in the 2012 Summer Games in London, was third at 10,000 meters in the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, her highest-profile international career performance.