Choong finished fourth in Sofia to suggest that he is running into form just at the right time with the season finale set to be staged in the Turkish capital from tomorrow until Sunday (June 4).

The World Cup ranking in the men’s field of 36 is led by Egypt's Mohanad Shaban.

He finished fourth in the season opener at home in Cairo but followed up with gold in Ankara and silver in Budapest to finish the regular season with 163 qualification points.

Martin Vlach of the Czech Republic has also been a consistent performer this season with bronze in both Cairo and Sofia and in between a fifth-place finish on his last visit to Ankara.

Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Ahmed El-Gendy of Egypt is also in the line-up along with bronze medallist Jun Woong-tae of South Korea.

Jun won the World Cup Final a year ago and leads the world rankings and his confidence will no doubt be boosted by his World Cup victory in Budapest.

Valentine Prades of France who won gold in Sofia knows the feeling of UIPM World Cup Final success very well having won in 2013, 2017 and 2021.

In the women’s competition, Lithuania’s Ieva Serapinaite has been an impressive performer so far this season.

She won the World Cup in Ankara and took bronze in Sofia to lead the World Cup rankings.

Only one point behind after the regular season is Salma Abdelmaksoud of Egypt, who clinched bronze in Cairo and Budapest.

The best performance of the season so far for Italy’s 2022 world champion Elena Micheli has been fourth in Cairo, but her victory at the World Championships last year suggests that she is a competitor for the big occasion.

Last year's World Cup Final winner Elodie Clouvel of France is targeting what would be her fourth Olympics on home soil.

Currently ranking world number two, she took silver at the start of the season in Cairo and followed that up with sixth in Ankara.

Kerenza Bryson looks set to follow a superb British tradition.

She won gold in Sofia and also took mixed team gold on the same weekend and is ranked in the top 10 in the UIPM World Cup standings so far.

Her compatriot Jessica Varley took silver in this event a year ago.

Lithuania's London 2012 Olympic champion Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė, who also  won silver in Tokyo is still competitive and aiming for her fifth Games.

Gintarė Venčkauskaitė who was seventh in Tokyo completes a strong Lithuanian challenge.

Competition begins tomorrow (Wednesday) and continues until June 4.