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Several Jamaican track and field stars will continue their preparations for the Tokyo Olympics when they compete in today's Wanda Diamond League in Monaco.

World long jump champion Tajay Gayle heads the five Jamaicans who are down to compete at the meet. Gayle is in red hot form, following a good win in the event three days ago in Stockholm. His winning distance was a wind-aided 8.55 metres. Today he will battle world leader Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece and the winner here is expected to have a big psychological advantage going into the Tokyo Olympics.

World 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will be hoping to return to winning ways when she competes in the women's 200 metres after her second-place finish in the 100m in Hungary to countrywoman and former training partner Elaine Thompson-Herah three days ago. Fraser-Pryce will face Shaunae Miller-Uibo of The Bahamas who was beaten into second place in the half-lap event in Hungary by Jamaica's Shericka Jackson and American champion Gabrielle Thomas the fastest woman over 200 metres this year.

Following her valiant second-place finish in the Women's 800 metres in Hungary where she finished behind Cuba's Rose Mary Almanza, Natoya Goule-Toppin will be hoping to get the better of her opponent this time in what is expected to be another close contest.

World Championships triple jump silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts and Kimberly Williams will be the other Jamaicans in action. They will compete against world leader and World champion, Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela.

Today's Monaco Diamond League schedule (Ja times):

1:03 pm - Men's 400mh (Karsten Warholm, Kyron McMaster, Alison dos Santos)

1:07 pm Women's triple jump - (Yulimar Rojas, Shanieka Ricketts, Kimberly Williams)

1:18 pm - Women's 800m (Natoya Goule-Toppin)

1:24 pm - Women's javelin

1:32 pm - Men's 1500m (Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Timothy Cheruiyot)

*1:43 pm - Women's 200m (Fraser-Pryce, Miller-Uibo, Gabrielle Thomas, Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Blessing Okagbare)

1:49 pm - Men's 3,000m Steeplechase

1:50 pm - Men's long jump - (Tajay Gayle, Juan Miguel Echevarria)

2:06 pm - Men's 800m

2:16 pm - Women's 1,500m (Sifan Hassan, Faith Kipyegon)

2:28 pm - Men's 100m (Trayvon Bromell, Fred Kerley, Akani Simbine, Andre De Grasses, Ronnie Baker)

2:36 pm - Women's 3,000m Steeplechase

2:47 pm - Men's long jump final three jump off.