European 10,000m medallists Mo Farah and Chris Thompson will lead the British team in the Great Edinburgh Cross Country race on 8 January.

The new 8km team challenge, one of three races at the BBC televised meet, will pit Britain against leading athletes from Europe and United States.

Elite athletes co-ordinator Peter Riley predicted an "exciting" encounter in front of a home crowd at Holyrood Park.

He said: "(Farah and Thompson) will be determined to show their superiority."