Toronto, Canada - American Shawn Crawford will lead the challenge against Jamaican Usain Bolt when the triple Olympic champion returns to action in the 100m at the Festival of Excellence meeting in Toronto on 11 June.

Bolt, 22, showed that he recovered quickly from injuries sustained during a car accident in April when he sped 14.35sec in a 150m race in Manchester on 17 May.

Crawford, the 2004 Olympic 200m champion who finished second over the distance behind Bolt in Beijing last summer, will lead the challengers in Toronto. Crawford has nine sub-10 second performances to his credit in the 100m.

Also in the field are Canadians Anson Henry and Jared Connaughton, Bolt's compatriots Marvin Anderson and Mario Forsythe, along with Americans Bernard Williams and Ivory Williams.

The race is the marquee event at the Festival of Excellence, which will also feature a men's and women's 400m, men's 110m Hurdles, a men's and women's mile and a women's 100m Hurdles, among others.

Organisers for the IAAF