Asafa Powell, the previous 100m world record holder from Jamaica, will top the bill at the Aviva British grand Prix at Gateshead this weekend.  He will be competing in the men's 100m alongside compatriot and MVP club mate, Nesta Carter.  Carter was a part of the record breaking 4x100m relay team at the Beijing Olympics.

American champion, Tyson Gay, is expected to face the starter for the men's 200m.  He will be up against Wallace Spearmon, who lost his medal through disqulification at the Beijing games.  Also in that race will be Brendan Christian of Antingua and Brian Dzingai of Zimbabwe.

Two of Jamaica's female stars will also be competing.  Olympic gold 100m gold medallist will go head-to-head with joint-silver medallist, Sherone Simpson over the shorter distance.  They will once again be challenged by the Americans, namely, Marshevet Hooker and Lauryn Williams.

A men's high jump has been added to the programme, allowing Jamaican-born British Olympic silver medallist Germaine Mason to compete.

Christine Ohuruogu, who won the women's 400m Olympic title, will renew her rivalry with fellow Briton, Nicola Sanders, the silver medallist from the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.  Kaliese Spencer will be the lone Jamaican in the event.

Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba will run in the 3000m having become the first woman to win the Olympic titles at 5000m and 10,000m when she did so in Beijing.

In the women's 100m hurdles, Bridgette Foster-Hylton will match strides against American Lolo Jones and Austrailia's Sally McLellan.  Jones will have much to prove as she tumbled out of the Olympic final at the last hurdle when it seemed she had the gold medal in her grasp.

Melaine Walker, the new Olympic record holder for the 400m hurdles, will also be in action in her pet event.   Her main competition in the race should come from American, Natasha Danvers.

Olympic 400m silver medallist, Sherika Williams, will compete in the women's 200m alongside Allyson Felix while Markino Buckley, fresh off two personal bests in the 400m hurdles at the Beijing games, will also compete.