David Brown is one of several Americans set to compete at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Arizona ©Getty Images

More than 270 athletes from 17 countries are set to compete at the fifth World Para Athletics Grand Prix of the season in Arizona in the United States over the next two days. 

The event is due to take place at the Joe Selleh Track and Field venue at Arizona State University, beginning tomorrow and concluding on Saturday (May 13).

The event doubles as the Desert Challenge Games and features a number of home-grown world and Paralympic champions such as Jarryd Wallace, David Brown, Deja Young and Cheri Madsen.

Japanese duo Atsushi Yamamoto and Tomoki Sato, Denmark’s Daniel Wagner and Germany’s Birgit Kober are also due to compete.

World and Paralympic champion Brown has won at this meeting every year since 2013 and he will be hoping to continue that when he lines up against the likes of American team-mate Lex Gillette, the reigning world long jump T11 champion, in the men's 100 metres T11.

Wallace, who finished fifth at Rio 2016, will be in action in the men's T44 100m.

Three of the finalists from Rio 2016 will race in the women's 100m T53 in Arizona.

Great Britain’s Samantha Kinghorn, Bermuda’s Jessica Cooper Lewis and the United States' Kelsey Lefevour are all set to renew their rivalry which saw them finish less than 0.2sec apart in Rio de Janeiro.

The men’s long jump T42 is also set to be a fascinating competition with all three medallists from the 2015 World Championships competing over the coming days.

Japan’s Atsushi Yamamoto took gold in Doha two years ago, Denmark’s Daniel Wagner finished second while American Regas Woods took bronze.

Japan’s Atsushi Yamamoto will compete in the men's long jump T42 ©Getty Images
Japan’s Atsushi Yamamoto will compete in the men's long jump T42 ©Getty Images

Paralympic champion David Blair of the US threw a phenomenal 63.61m at this event last year, beating the previous world record held by his team-mate, double world champion Jeremy Campbell, who finished second.

Another exciting duel between the pair is expected this week in the men's F44 discuss.

The US' Breanna Clark set a Paralympic record when winning the women's 400m T20 last year, her first ever Paralympic title. 

The 22-year-old, whose mother Rosalyn Clark won silver at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games and clocked 57.79 which was just 0.01 off the current world record, is due to compete in Arizona this week.

Rio 2016 silver medallist, Cheri Madsen of the US, is set to take to the track in the women's T54 400m.

Madsen, who also won two golds at Sydney 2000, will compete against compatriot Hannah McFadden.

Rio 2016 gold and silver medallists will do battle once again in the women's discus F51.

Rachael Morrison won gold in Brazil, throwing a world record mark of 13.09m to beat her team-mate Cassie Mitchell.