British Head Coach Lars Humer believes the World Cup provides the swimmers with the perfect opportunity to showcase their talent before the Paralympic Games.

"This event gives us an excellent opportunity to measure ourselves against the rest of the world," Humer said. "Anytime we can compete internationally is valuable for us. The competition gives us the chance to give our swimmers high-level race exposure.

"Everyone is getting back into hard training after British Championships and the International Championships and this competition ensures the element of speed in their training. It is really important to get our swimmers racing in the build up to Beijing and I would like to see them get some good times this week."

Swimming is one of four sports at the Paralympic World Cup, which officially kicked off on Monday with wheelchair basketball. More than 300 athletes are expected to take part during the week of competition.

British swimmers competing in Manchester are as follows:

James Anderson (Broxburn)
Claire Cashmore (Kelly College)
Emma Cattle (Luton)
James Crisp (City of Sheffield)
Gareth Duke (Swim Swansea)
Jonathan Fox (Newquay Cormorants)
Rhiannon Henry (Swansea Performance)
Sam Hynd (Nova Centurion)
David Hill (Kelly College)
Liz Johnson (Swim Swansea)
Natalie Jones (Colchester Phoenix)
Sascha Kindred (Leominster Kingfisher)
Rachel Latham (Bolton Metro)
Nyree Lewis (Leominster Kingfisher)
David Roberts (Swim Swansea)
Anthony Stephens (Swim Swansea)
Matt Walker (Marple)
Louise Watkin (Kelly College)
Fran Williamson (Colchester Phoenix)
Matt Whorwood (Newquay Cormorants)