Tamgho eyes Idowu scalp

Tamgho will renew his rivalry with the reigning world and European champion triple jump champion, only ten days after his victory in their Lausanne head-to-head.

Tamghos win was only his third in nine competitions with Idowu the others being in New York and London last year but the Parisians 17.91 metre best effort was his sixth career jump beyond Idowus personal best of 17.81m.

"Ive always had great competition with him and itll be nice to compete against him in his own country," said Tamgho, ahead of Sunday's Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix at the Alexander Stadium.

The triple jump field is very strong at the moment and in my opinion this will only get better and better the more we compete against one another. 

"Having guys like Phillips up against you really pushes and drives you and thats only good for me.

I'm feeling in great shape and was really pleased with the way I jumped in Lausanne last week. It was nice to beat Phillips, but I'm sure hell be desperate to come back and beat me in his home country, so if I'm going to win there, Ill have to jump even further.

 I feel theres plenty more to come from me, and I'm hoping to be jumping some big 18m jumps soon. I have it within me I'm sure, and hopefully I can do this in Birmingham.

I won the World Indoor title last year and broke the world indoor record earlier this year in Paris, so it would be a dream couple of years if I could win the World Championships in Daegu later this summer. 

But I know its going to be very tough and Phillips is going to be pushing me hard every step of the way.