The 25 lap race is known for being dominated by the Ethiopian men, in which the last time a non Ethiopian athlete won the Olympic 10,000 metres was back in 1992 over 20 years ago.
This aside Great Britain's Mo Farah will go in as one of the favourites for the race being in top form for the last two years and although it is not his strongest distance, he came so close in Daegu leading the World Championship final too only lose out in the final 30 metres to Ethiopian Ibrahim Jeilan. Anywhere near the brit's personal best of 26 minutes 47 seconds will surely have Farah fighting on the finish line for gold.
Other Challengers to come up against Farah, will be current olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele who has been victorious in Beijing and Athens. The world record holder though struggled in Daegu dropping out of his favourite event after only ten laps and then recently a disappointing eleventh place at the Edinburgh Cross Country shows injuries and age could be taking there toll for the long distance legend.
Galen Rupp, Farah's training partner showed that he also may be not too far off the pace with a PB of 26 minutes, 48 seconds. Rupp who trains with the ten thousand metre world champion in Kenya is only twenty five years old and holding the american record, Farah will realise his potential both knowing each others strengths and weaknesses could play a vital role in the last couple of laps.
With Farah being built up in his own backyard to do the infamous long distance double. At 28 he has the maturity and tasting success in Daegu timing his final sprint towards the finish will be key as without a doubt they'll will sure to be an Ethiopian nearby...
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