The world 200m champion will face Tianna Bartoletta, Cleo Vanburen and Marika Popowicz at the street athletics event on Deansgate

Published by Athletics Weekly on April 27, 2016

Dafne Schippers is to return to race at the Great CityGames Manchester on May 20.

For the first time the event will be staged on a Friday evening, between 17:00 and 19:30, and Schippers will be aiming to go one better than her runner-up finish to Dina Asher-Smith in the 150m last year.

This year, Schippers will be gunning for the 100m title on the specially-constructed track on Deansgate, and faces competition from Tianna Bartoletta, Cleo Vanburen and Marika Popowicz, who are all aiming to compete at the Rio Olympics this summer.

Schippers, the world 200m champion, started her outdoor season in devastating style with a 22.25 over the half-lap event in an invitational event in Gainesville, Florida, last week – the fastest time of the year so far.