Ohuruogu and Richards go head-to-head in Gateshead and London

OLYMPIC champion Christine Ohuruogu has confirmed she will go head-to-head with Sanya Richards-Ross, who snatched her world 400m title last year, at next month's Aviva Grand Prix in Gateshead.

ONE TO BEAT: Sanya Richards-Ross will look to continue her impressive 2009 form against Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu in Gateshead and London (Getty Images)

The pair will get top billing at the first British IAAF Diamond League meeting of the summer and will also race at the Aviva London Grand Prix in August.

Nicola Sanders, the silver medallist over 400m at the 2007 World Championships, will also race, along with two other global championship medallists, Novlene Williams-Mills and Shericka Williams, who won silver behind Ohuruogu in Beijing.

"Sanya and I will be pushing each other all the way which will hopefully mean a quick time," said Ohuruogu. 

"We've enjoyed some great battles over the past few years; in Beijing and Berlin and I'm looking forward to yet another one.

"World class events like this give me and other British athletes the opportunity to compete against the best athletes in the world on home soil - brilliant practice for the London 2012 Olympics."

* Tickets for the Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on August 13-14 are available by phone on 08000 556 056 or online at www.uka.org.uk