KINGSTON (Jamaica), July 2: World 100-meter record holder Usain Bolt, former 100 record holder Asafa Powell and reigning 200m Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown head the Jamaican team named to the Beijing Olympics.

Bolt, who ran 9.72 seconds on May 31 at New York to break Powell’s old mark of 9.74, and Campbell-Brown, who ran 22.05 to win the 200m in Athens, join Powell as Jamaica’s leading medal contenders.

Aleen Bailey and Sherone Simpson, both members of the sprint relay winning team in Athens, along with Maurice Smith, silver medallist in the Decathlon from Osaka, are also included in the 51-member squad.

Jamaican Olympic athletics squad:

WOMEN: Kerron Stewart (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Shelly-Ann Fraser (100m, 4x100m), Sherone Simpson (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Veronica Campbell-Brown (200m, 4x100m), Sherri-Ann Brooks (4x100m), Aleen Bailey (4x100m), Simone Facey (4x100m), Nickiesha Anderson (4x100m), Rosemarie White (400m, 4x400m), Novlene Williams-Mills (400m, 4x100m), Shericka Williams (400m, 4x400m), Shareefa Lloyd (4x400m), Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (4x400m), Anastasia Le-Roy (4x400m), Kenia Sinclair (800m), Madrea Hyman (3000m steeplechase), Korine Hinds (3000m steeplechase), Chelsea Hammond (long jump), Brigitte Foster-Hylton (100mH), Delloren Ennis-

London (100mH), Vonette Dixon (100mH), Andrea Bliss (100mH alternate), Melaine Walker (400mH), Nickiesha Wilson (400mH), Shevon Stoddart (400mH), and Olivia McKoy (javelin).

MEN: Usain Bolt (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Asafa Powell (100m, 4x100m), Michael Frater (100m, 4x100m), Marvin Anderson (200m, 4x100m), Dwight Thomas (4x100m), Julien Dunkley (4x100m), Andre Wellington (4x100m), Christopher Williams (200m), Nesta Carter (200m alternate, 4x100m), Michael Blackwood (400m, 4x400m), Ricardo Chambers (400m, 4x400m), Sanjay Ayre (400m, 4x400m), Allodin Fothergill (4x400m), Marvin Essor (4x400m), Lansford Spence (4x400m), Maurice Wignall (110mH), Richard Phillips (110mH), Danny McFarlane (400mH), Markino Buckley (400mH), Adrian Findlay (400mH alternate), Isa Phiilips (400mH, Herbert McGregor (triple jump, Dorian Scott (shot put), Aldwyne Sappleton (800m), Maurice Smith (decathlon).—AFP