AS top athletes from Great Britain, Jamaica and the United States (U.S.) arrive in Warri, Delta State Tuesday ahead of Friday’s CAA Golden Grand Prix, the government and people of Delta State have promised to make the visit a memorable one for the athletes.

An official of the Delta State Sports Commission said Monday that the athletes would feel at home throughout their stay in Warri, adding that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan would be on hand to watch the event.

The Technical Director of the AFN, Navy Commodore Omatseye Nesiama, told The Guardian Monday that the first set of foreign athletes are expected in Lagos today and would be moved to Warri immediately.

As the practice in other parts of the world, organisers of the meet (AFN) would only be responsible for local transportation, accommodation and feeding of the athletes within the country.

Nesiama stated that Great Britain’s male sprinter Rion Pierre and Matthieu Pritchett of U.S. are among the foreign stars expected to participate in the Warri 2013 CAA Grand Prix.

Also expected are Ethiopia’s 5, 000m women runner, Almaz Ayana, Mauritius women long jumper, Ghiziana Siba and a male javelin thrower from Egypt, Ihab Abdul Rahman. There is Egyptian Mohammed Fathallah Deif Allah with a personal best of 8.19 meters in the long jump.

Some of the athletes to represent the country are long jumper, Stanley Gbagbeke, who has a personal best of 8.20 meters. He has to battle with other jumpers from Egypt, Uganda and Ghana.

Another Nigerian athlete, Samson Idiata, has a personal best of 7.98m and season best of 7.84m in the long jump.

Nesiama also stated Monday that four lanes have been reserved for the best Nigerian athletes from the four legs of the AFN/Solid Works Golden League competition to run against the world best on Friday.