Johnson-Thompson, Ugen and Sawyers set for Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix

The trio join a number of leading names – including five Olympic champions from Rio 2016 – to sign up for the indoor athletics meeting at the Barclaycard Arena on Saturday February 18.

And with the London 2017 World Athletics Championships on the horizon this summer, Sawyers is looking forward to laying down a marker.

The 22-year-old finished eighth at the Olympic Games last summer as well as winning a European silver medal, and has since relocated to Birmingham to train with Athens 2004 Olympic heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton in Birmingham.

"This year is a big year for all British athletes and I really want to build on my performances from last year and hopefully get to the World Championships in London this summer," said Sawyers.

"I'm currently focusing hard on jumping well indoors and I'm really excited about competing against Kat and Lorraine at the best indoor event in the world, in my new home city of Birmingham."

Johnson-Thompson was also in action in Rio last summer, finishing sixth in the heptathlon.

Ugen meanwhile was 11th in the long jump behind Sawyers, rounding off a breakthrough year which saw her win bronze at the World Indoor Championships in Portland with a personal best jump of 6.93m, equalling Johnson-Thompson's British indoor record set the year before.

Ugen said: "Winning my first major medal and jumping a British record at the World Indoors last year was amazing, so hopefully bigger distances will come from me during the 2017 season.

"I always love the atmosphere of the home crowd in Birmingham, so competing at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix is going to be really exciting for me.

"I think the long jump competition will be pretty exciting with the rest of the British jumpers providing a healthy rivalry to push us all to some fantastic jumps." Sportsbeat 2017