And you think your federation is inept?
Ethiopia is forcing its stars
Lema, Tola, Desisa, Bekele, Kitata, Geremew, etc to race for ETH Olympic berths on 4/4. First 3 will procure the spots. To further confound matters, the marathon race will be at 1800m altitude. I would not expect any of them to be competitive 4 months later in Tokyo.