World and Olympic champion Omar McLeod will target a third successive victory in the 110m hurdles in Shanghai when he takes on Spain’s Orlando Ortega at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in the Chinese city on May 12.

McLeod broke the magic 13-second barrier when he triumphed in Shanghai in 2016 before going on to claim the Rio Olympic crown, just ahead of Ortega.

The former Manchester High and Kingston College athlete will be among no fewer than 14 world and Olympic champions among the galaxy of international track and field stars who were announced for the 2018 Shanghai Diamond League, the second stop on the IAAF global circuit of premier one day meetings.

The stellar line-up includes eight gold medallists from the London 2017 IAAF world championships and six athletes who struck gold at the Rio 2016 summer Olympics, plus nine event winners from last year’s diamond race and two newly crowned world indoor champions from Birmingham.