Poland, Jamaica and France name their teams ahead of the inaugural edition of the event in London

Olympic and world champions will be among the athletes competing at the inaugural Athletics World Cup on July 14-15, with France, Poland and Jamaica having announced their teams for the London event

Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson spearheads a Jamaican team boasting 60 major international medals between them.

The 26-year-old will double up in London, competing in both the women’s 100m and 4x100m relay; the latter being an event which will see Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce continue her return to the sport following the birth of her first child.

Commonwealth champion Ronald Levy and 2015 world champion Danielle Williams will ensure Jamaica is represented strongly in both the men’s and women’s sprint hurdles events.

Another Commonwealth champion – Fedrick Dacres – contests the discus, while Commonwealth silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts will compete in the long jump.

In the Polish team, world and Olympic hammer champion Anita Wlodarczyk – the world record-holder in the event – is one of four medallists from last year’s IAAF World Championships heading to London.

With the already-confirmed Deanna Price of the USA closing in on the world’s leading hammer thrower, the competition in London will certainly be one to watch.

Poland will also have a world medallist representing them in the men’s hammer, with bronze medallist Wojciech Nowicki confirming his appearance in the British capital, while world silver medallist Piotr Lisek will contest the pole vault.

On the track, two-time European champion Adam Kszczot will return to London 12 months after claiming world 800m silver.

Featuring a mix of experienced athletes and up-and-coming talent, the French team will pose a threat to some of the more established names in the sport, especially in the sprint events.

Jimmy Vicaut is the joint-quickest European in history over 100m and will be one to watch in London, while fellow sprinter Carolle Zahi looks like being one of France’s next big stars having put in a good showing at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

Pascal Martinot-Lagarde has always been in the mix for the podium on the global stage in the men’s 110m hurdles, finishing fourth at Rio 2016, and will look to show well in the UK next weekend, while the experienced Floria Guei will look to add Athletics World Cup silverware to the eight international medals she holds.

In the field events, Renaud Lavillenie has often carried the hopes of France in the men’s pole vault, but Axel Chapelle – who finished sixth at last year’s World Championships – will get the chance to impress without being in the shadow of Lavillenie in London. Quentin Bigot will also return to the London Stadium 12 months after just missing out on a world medal in the men’s hammer throw.

The already-announced USA team also features world pole vault champion Sam Kendricks, world indoor high jump silver medallist Vashti Cunningham and Olympic 800m bronze medallist Clayton Murphy.

Team lists

Poland team | France team | USA team

Tickets for the inaugural Athletics World Cup are available here.