The 26.2 mile race may be the finest distance event for the USA. Webb's 1500, Lincoln's 3000sc, Abdirahman's 10,000m is all there is to compete with. Brian Sell and the other Hanson boys will be working as a team for a breakthough performance. Chad johnson was such a late edition to the team and will likely be used for pace duty, probably dnf. I think a medal is clearly out of reach but a top 10 performance is not. I would like to see the whole team finish.