The stars are coming!... Two Gold Medallists and World Record holders from the Paris Olympics.

World class runners back home from the Olympics. Super-stars... and new threats to their reign.

More than a dozen juniors back from representing their country at the World Championships. Past world champions and current stars. It will be more than worth the effort to get off the sofa and head for the Carnivals!

The quality of athletes has stepped up a level. The fields are already bigger and entries haven't even open yet!

Two dozen International stars including seven Japanese, almost a dozen Kiwis, crews of quality athletes from across the country and a couple of dozen interstate and international choppers here to try their luck against the world's best.

Around $150,000 in prize money will inspire desperate racing.

With more than 100 athletes from across the globe, this will be bigger than last year... and that was big!

Be there!