Idowu to face off with Tamgho

World triple jump champion Phillips Idowu will warm up for the defence of his crown in South Korea by taking on Teddy Tamgho at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix.

Tamgho, the world indoor record holder and world number one this year, has confirmed he will compete at the Diamond League event at Alexander Stadium.
The 22-year-old will be Idowu's chief rival for the gold medal at the World Championships in Daegu and next year's London Olympics.
The experienced Briton beat him to the European crown in Barcelona last year, but Tamgho came out on top in last week's Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, his winning jump of 17.91 metres 0.1m further than Idowu's personal best.
Tamgho said: "I'm delighted to be competing at the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix against Phillips. I've always had great competition with him and it'll be nice to compete against him in his own country.
"The triple jump field is very strong at the moment and in my opinion this will only get better and better the more we compete against one another. Having guys like Phillips up against you really pushes and drives you and that's only good for me.
"I'm feeling in great shape and was really pleased with the way I jumped in Lausanne last week. It was nice to beat Phillips, but I'm sure he'll be desperate to come back and beat me in his home country, so if I'm going to win there, I'll have to jump even further."
Tamgho, who has won just three of his nine meetings with the 32-year-old Idowu, has set his sights on becoming just the third man to break the 18m barrier.
He added: "I feel there's plenty more to come from me, and I'm hoping to be jumping some big 18m jumps soon. I have it within me I'm sure, and hopefully I can do this in Birmingham.
"It's exciting for everyone there that they'll see us only months before the World Championships and a good performance in Birmingham is vital in my preparations.
"I won the World Indoor title last year and broke the world indoor record earlier this year in Paris, so it would be a dream couple of years if I could win the World Championships in Daegu later this summer.
"But I know it's going to be very tough and Phillips is going to be pushing me hard every step of the way."