The comment at the end of the preview about the US and Ethiopia being close for 2nd best country at 5k is pretty stupid/ignorant.
We're deep right now, but Ethiopia has, off the top of my head, Alamirew, Gebremeskel, Gebhriwet, Jeilan (although who knows what event he's even running these days)...is Merga still around? Plus there's always a couple up and comers kicking around the Ethiopian team.
It's really not even close. Not with Lagat running 13:30s and Rupp getting outkicked by Collis. We're doing well, we've got depth, but we hardly compare to Ethiopia's stable of 12:45-13:00 guys.
Especially because the preview includes Ritz, who ran his 12:56 FIVE YEARS AGO, and Solinsky, who is completely washed up and can hardly maintain 4:40 pace for a 10k.