British athletes will see the biggest ever number of them chasing top prize money at the IAAF World Athletics Final in Thessalonika.

World championship medallists Phillips Idowu (pic right), Lisa Dobriskey and Jenny Meadows will be joined by over a dozen of their colleagues at the Greek meeting offering prize money of £1.8million.

Idowu, the triple-jump gold medallist, has shown the most consistent form of his career this year and will be aided in Greece by the absence of Olympic champion Nelson Evora. Victory for Idowu will net him a cheque for 30,000 US dollars (£17,984).

Dobriskey will be determined to repeat her 1500 metres victory ahead of Maryam Yusuf Jamal in Rieti last Sunday and another success ahead of the Bahrain star who beat her by a fraction of a second for the world gold medal will be a great boost to her confidence.

Neither Caster Semenya nor Janeth Jepkosgei, who finished ahead of 800m bronze medallist Meadows in Berlin, are competing, offering her a great opportunity to build on her prized medal there.

UK champion Jemma Simpson will join Meadows and given her current form could spring a shock victory while Hannah England, who was desperately unlucky to lose out on a World Championship 1500m selection, line up alongside Dobriskey.

Simeon Williamson takes on former world record holder Asafa Powell and the 2007 world champion Tyson Gay in the 100m while Marlon Devonish tackles Usain Bolt in what is forecast to be another super-fast 200m race.

Bolt, who is ending his magnificent season after Sunday's race having cancelled a trip to the Far East for two final meetings citing tiredness, is expected to finish it off as stylishly as possible.

The 23-year-old Jamaican, who clocked 19.57 seconds, the world's fourth-fastest time ever a week ago, said: "I don't know how fast I'm going to go.

"I kind of surprised myself in Brussels really, because as I said there I was very tired.

"But when I got out there the crowd gave me that extra energy I needed because they really welcomed me very warmly. They actually gave me the energy that I needed to do what I did."

Bolt, who set his phenomenal world record of 19.19 seconds at the World Championships, insisted: "If the crowd is really energetic here, I think I should do good."

Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders will again attempt to bring world 400m gold medallist Sanya Richards' winning streak to an end while Emily Freeman faces the American and her team-mate Allyson Felix over 200m.

Olympic high jump silver medallist Germaine Mason, who missed the World Championships due to injury, is back in action while Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson are in a tough long jump competition.

Michael Bingham competes in the 400m, Rhys Williams is in the 400m hurdles and Laura Kennei will mix it against some great African runners over 3,000m.