DESPITE the surprise late withdrawal of China's entries from tomorrow's International Invitation Golden Mile races, the event promises to be one of the fastest and most exciting seen here.
The men's Bank of China Group Cup is wide open with four runners in contention.
British international 25-year-old Matthew De Freitas, who runs for Portsmouth, has a personal best of three minutes 58.48.
Australian pair Lawrence Dalton and John Walsh are also capable of taking the race with mile times of 4:02:00 and 4:03:00 respectively.
Then there is Indian runner Bahardur Prasad who took the silver medal in the men's 1,500 metres in last December's Asian Championships held in Manila.
The men will be aiming at New Zealander Phil Clode's course record of 4:07 recorded two years ago.
