 Bolt is the world record holder at 100m and 200m
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Double Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will focus on the 200m at the final Golden League meeting of the season in Brussels on Friday.
American sprint rival Tyson Gay goes in the 100m against Bolt's fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell.
Yelena Isinbayeva, Sanya Richards and Kenenisa Bekele are all competing for the $1m (£610,700) jackpot.
If more than one contender wins their event and stays perfect for the six meets, the prize will be shared.
Fans would have been hoping for a head-to-head between Bolt and Gay, who took gold and silver respectively at last month's World Championships in Berlin.
But Bolt, who has clinched seven 100m victories in finals this season, including a new world record time of 9.58 seconds in Berlin, says he now wants to concentrate on the 200m.
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"I feel I've run enough 100m and too few 200m," said Bolt, who also set a new 200m mark of 19.19 at the World Championships.
And despite an unhelpful weather forecast, with wind and rain expected, Bolt feels Gay's meet record of 19.79 is there to be beaten.
"I'm physically better now, better than in Zurich [on 28 August]," Bolt added. "I've slept more and my body feels better.
"Mentally I'm feeling completely OK - I know it's a long season but it's my job to do these meetings and I like performing.
"I think 19.70 will be possible - the turns in Brussels are nice."
Gay decided against competing in the 200m because he felt running a curve would put too much pressure on his tender groin, which will be operated on at the end of the season.
Difficult winds seem to be the only thing standing between Isinbayeva and at least a share of the jackpot prize.
After her shock no-jump exit in Berlin, the Russian pole vaulter bounced back with a world record of 5.06m in Zurich.
Two years ago, Isinbayeva won half of the jackpot, sharing it with 400m runner Richards.
After earning her first major individual title in Berlin, Richards is poised to join Isinbayeva again, especially after she set the fastest time of the season at the Weltklasse last week.
It will be equally tough to bet against Bekele in the 5,000m after the Ethiopian dominated the whole season and added a long-distance double in Berlin.
Gelete Burka of Ethiopia is set to go for the record in the rarely run 2,000m and a quartet of Kenyan men are aiming for an even quirkier record in the 4x1500m relay.
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